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Two people with tetraplegia were able to reach for and grasp objects in three-dimensional space with robotic arms that they controlled directly with brain activity. They used the BrainGate neural interface system, an investigational device currently being studied under an IDE. One participant used the system to serve herself coffee for the first time since becoming paralyzed nearly 15 years ago.

Scientists have overcome a major hurdle facing quantum computing: How to protect quantum information from degradation by the environment while simultaneously performing computation in a solid-state quantum system.

With the Release Preview due in a few weeks, there are still many questions about Windows 8 and Windows RT. They look similar--and share a lot of the same code under the hood--but there...

Quest Software could give Dell the software boost it needs to diversify away from PCs.

Artist and designer Ollie Palmer explains how he has developed technology that he hopes will allow him to stage an "ant ballet".

Click's Sumi Das reports from inside Google on the company's quest to perfect workplace efficiency by going the extra mile for their employees.

Less than 10% of the code has to do with the ostensible purpose of the system; the rest deals with input-output, data validation, data structure maintenance, and other housekeeping. - Mary Shaw

In a software project team of 10, there are probably 3 people who produce enough defects to make them net negative producers. - Gordon Schulmeyer