1. In the trial she is only known as patient 'S3'. She's 58 years old and has been paralysed from the neck down since suffering a brainstem stroke 15 years ago. Until this moment she's been unable to perform even the most basic physical task, let alone serve herself a drink.

2. Patient S3 is using her thoughts to control a robotic arm. An electronic device smaller than a postage stamp has been implanted in the motor cortex of her brain. The device picks up signals from individual neurons, conveying her thoughts to an external computer which then instructs the robot arm to act accordingly.

3. Patient S3 can't speak but can communicate via specially adapted computer software.

4. She says she that when the arm began moving, she couldn't believe her eyes.

5. The researchers say they were delighted to discover that even after more than a decade of paralysis, S3's brain was still able to issue commands with enough proficiency to control the robotic arm.

6. S3's extraordinary achievement comes after years of research by the BrainGate project, a collaboration of researchers whose aim is to give people with paralysis or without limbs a new lease on life.

7. S3 says she hopes one day to have a pair of robotic legs she can also control with her thoughts. But for now she says, she's content just to think about the future while sipping her coffee.

1. The stars of the new animated DreamWorks feature "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" arrived at the 65th Cannes Film Festival to present the newest installment of the successful series.

2. Hollywood traditionally comes to Cannes with a big-budget blockbuster, and the 3D animated adventure is a welcome diversion from the more heavy weight movies mainly featured in the competition.

3. Ecstatic fans wearing multi-coloured wigs cheered when Alex the Lion himself appeared on the road-side balcony of the Carlton Hotel.

4. "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" is showing Out of Competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, but that didn't deter Hollywood A-lister Ben Stiller - the voice of Alex the Lion - from making a sojourn to the sun-soaked French Rivera.

5. He was joined by co-stars Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith.

6. Along for the ride this time is comedian Martin Short and actress Jessica Chastain, who both joined the returning cast outside the Carlton Hotel.

7. Directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath and Conrad Vernon, "Madagascar 3" follows on from 2005's wildly successful "Madagascar" and 2008's "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa".

8. In "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" we rejoin our heroes - Alex the Lion (Stiller), Marty the Zebra (Rock), Gloria the Hippo (Pinkett Smith), and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer) - still fighting to get back to their beloved New York City.

9. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: a travelling circus, which they reinvent - Madagascar style.