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Each metal part his shop makes—for medical devices, vehicles, scientific and industrial systems and more—can cost more than the quoted price for a piece from China.

Just what society needs: a device to tune people out without their knowing.

More companies are offering wellness plans and supplements directly to consumers based on data from blood tests, DNA analysis and data from wearable devices.

“Business finally awoke to the potential of such devices,” writes historian Robert Sobel in “The Big Board: A History of the New York Stock Market.”

Gary Silversmith, a real-estate investor who bought the property, pledged to preserve the device rather than sell it for scrap.