14 DAY TRIAL // The great thing about 3D printing is that it works with everything. You could 3D print pasta if you really wanted to; in fact, someone has probably already done it. But some people want a challenge like those 3D printing ice models.
A team at the McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, has been perfecting a method for 3D printing using water as the build material, as Gizmodo notes.
That may sound counterintuitive at first and it may also sound like this isn't true 3D printing, i.e. additive manufacturing. But it is just that, the method works by adding thin layers of ice to create the desired object.
As for what this could be useful, there are two main applications. On the one hand, the method could be used to easily create very detailed prototypes and models for industrial parts. The other obvious application is for the ice construction industry and for things like ice sculptures.