HiArc's new solution allows engineers to program motors and control systems, even if they aren't software experts.

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As Britain hums with the innovations of the Industrial Revolution, a young woman envisions a machine unlike any the world has seen, one that could go beyond arithmetic to manipulate symbols, generate ...