After citing that one xray-machine example in programming classes for 20+ years, we will be able cite more deadly medical software incidents :)
this post was submitted on 29 Dec 2025
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Are you talking about the Therac-25?
It was not an x-ray machine, it was a radiation therapy machine that could use x-rays for therapy.
The WTYP podcast has a 3.5h long episode about it:
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