Reusable networked 3-D printing

A non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium that stores a computer program, the computer program, when executed by a processor, causing a computer apparatus to perform a process comprising:

• receiving, via a communication network from a remote requester, information indicative of physical characteristics of an item requested by the remote requester and a request to generate a physical three dimensional model for the item specified by the remote requester;
• transforming the information indicative of the physical characteristics of the item into model data used to generate the physical three dimensional model;
• obtaining components for generating the physical three dimensional model from storage;
• generating, using sound waves generated by an array of speakers and based on the model data, the physical three dimensional model for the item specified by the remote requester;
• sending imagery of the physical three dimensional model to the remote requester via the communication network, and
• returning the components used to generate the physical three dimensional model to the storage after the imagery of the physical three dimensional model is sent to the remote requester,
• wherein the array of speakers are each selectively controlled by the processor of the computer apparatus, and the array of speakers are arranged such that a sound wave emanating from one of the speakers do not directly counter another sound wave emanating from an opposing speaker.

A computer apparatus, comprising:

• a memory that stores instructions, and
• a processor that executes the instructions,
• wherein, when executed by the processor, the instructions cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, via a communication network from a remote requester, information indicative of physical characteristics of an item requested by the remote requester and a request to generate a physical three dimensional model for the item specified by the remote requester;
• transforming, using the processor, the information indicative of the physical characteristics of the item into model data used to generate the physical three dimensional model;
• obtaining components for generating the physical three dimensional model from storage;
• generating, using sound waves generated by an array of speakers and based on the model data, the physical three dimensional model for the item specified by the remote requester;
• sending imagery of the physical three dimensional model to the remote requester via the communication network, and
• returning the components used to generate the physical three dimensional model to the storage after the imagery of the physical three dimensional model is sent to the remote requester,
• wherein the array of speakers are each selectively controlled by the processor of the computer apparatus, and the array of speakers are arranged such that a sound wave emanating from one of the speakers do not directly counter another sound wave emanating from an opposing speaker.