In October, 3D-printing startup Shapeways opened its New York production facility in Long Island City, Queens, the biggest consumer-focused 3D printing factory in the world.

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While Dr. Gawande has provided a wonderful revealing portrait of cost-effective, fast, food preparation and delivery at the CheeseCake Factory , he has focused on the process of creating the meal, not the process of deciding what meal to make.

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The company has since been focused on raising money to market its flexible and light-weight panels and building a factory to produce them.

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