Wax may not be all that sturdy, but it's not like technology can't use anything else

Jan 30, 2014 15:58 GMT  ·  By

Professor Jason Kelly Johnson and Michael Shiloh at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco have managed to 3D print abstract structures underwater.

They did it by means of their Advanced Architecture Studio, “Creative Architecture Machines.”

Sure, they didn't exactly make a 3D printer that works underwater, but the actual printing head does submerge and create the structures there.

And humans have proven more than capable of insulating things from the elements. So if people choose to explore the idea of underwater 3D printing at some point, then we might even see that house-building contraption adapted for it.

It might sound like a bit too much to hope for when the two professors only made a 3D printer that anyone can build if they have the necessary parts, but most things start small.

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