Print your own running shoes with adidas

There will come a day when you can print your own running shoes. And adidas is making sure that happens. The brand just introduced a new proof of concept 3D-printed shoe called Futurecraft 3D. This shoe will be a lightweight, high-performance footwear that you can customize the midsole to suit your cushioning requirements. For example, athletes and their coaching teams can adjust running shoes based on specific events and requirements the runners would need.

adidas partnered with Belgium-based 3D printing group Materialise to help bring this project to life. According to Eric Leidtke, an executive board member of adidas, “Futurecraft 3D is a prototype and a statement of intent. We have used a one-of-its-kind combination of process and material in an entirely new way.” The company plans to release more design innovations for this “Futurecraft initiative” in the coming months.

Source: Cult of Mac

Design your own ASUS ZenWatch watch face with FaceDesigner app

If you truly want to make the 2^nd-generation ASUS ZenWatch your own, the wearable now has a FaceDesigner app that lets you customize its watch face. It works with Android Wear and only works on a ZenWatch. What you can do with it is change the watch face, clock type, as well as the widget you want shown on the screen. It allows you to change things like background color, image, text color, weather info, tick icon, time zone information, battery information, calories, etc. If there’s a specific photo you want to use as your background, you can use that, too.

Source: Android Authority | Download: Google Play Store (Free) 

James Bond gets free-to-play mobile game with ‘World of Espionage’

With the new Bond flick, Spectre, coming out soon, it means different promotions are going to pop up to promote the 24^th movie in the franchise. Glu Mobile and MGM teamed up to create the free-to-play mobile game James Bond: World of Espionage. It’s a multiplayer strategy RPG game that has you finding, recruiting, and developing spies for the MI6 HQ in London. And since you’ll be going on covert missions around the world, you need to have the best team with you.

You can also play things like the Alliance Wars or join limited time event challenges to help make your agency the best. The game employs over 100 real-world actors and models to play both agents and villains, making you feel like James Bond himself, even if it’s just for a game.

Source: Android Community + Flickering Myth | Download: iTunes App Store (Free) + Google Play Store (Free)

Apple buys Perceptio, startup specializing in advanced smartphone AI

The buying spree for Apple continues. This time, Apple has bought Perceptio. The startup specializes in developing technology to let companies run artificial intelligence systems on smartphones. What differentiates them is it isn’t sharing as much user data in the cloud. This seems in line with Apple’s stance of user data protection. And since this collects less data, they can stand by that idea. Again, Apple won’t confirm details about the deal and just issued the standard: “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.”

Source: Bloomberg