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Atlantis Beckons — 3D Printing Underwater

The concerns of overpopulation have been extrapolated to create cinematic milestones since at least the 1970s. While it’s unlikely we’ll begin eating each other anytime soon à la Soylent Green, it may be time to look elsewhere than sea-level to accommodate our ever-growing global citizenry.

Professor Jason Kelly Johnson and Michael Shiloh at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, through their Advanced Architecture Studio, “Creative Architecture Machines,” may have found the beginnings of a subaqueous solution.

At first glance, 3D printing abstract wax sculptures in water may not seem to be the path to a new Atlantis, but with a little imagination and a lot of funding we may soon be visiting underwater fill stations on our way to our underwater jobs.

To build your own Fluid In Flux machine — the California-based duo have made the necessary information available to you as an Instructable — you’ll first need the following:

1. Wax Reservoir and Tower
2. Machine Armature – 1/4″ thk Plywood
3. Water Tank – 1/4″ thk Acrylic
4. Electric Components and Tower

Which should end up looking like this:

Fluid In Flux machine 3D Printing

And if you follow their twelve-step guide, then you’ll end up with something that looks like this:

3D printing abstract wax sculptures

And then, maybe, eventually, we’ll happily be able to live in these:

Atlantis 3D Printing