Inventions News

Ford today unveiled an app that monitors and alerts the car when the driver is in danger of health issues -- like asthma, diabetes and congestive heart failure -- bridging the gap between human and machine.

Apple owners can now use brainwaves to control their smartphones with what could be an intriguing new interface, or a gimmick.

New iPhone app ZoomReader provides the visually impaired with a way to read, underscoring Apple's role in fostering a growing number of apps for special users.

Researchers have released an online video game in hopes of harness people's "collective intelligence" to help scientific research.

A team of researchers have recently invented an iPhone app that allows users who are paralyzed or disabled to control wheelchair movements by reading their brain activity.

Nokia is working on a series of new applications that "transform" phones based on various situations users are in.

Millions of doctors around the world have signed up for a free iPhone app that monitors heartbeats through sensors in the device.