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Killed by a Machine: The THERAC-25 Radiation Therapy Programming Fail

2 points by masonic 9y ago

DrScump 9y ago
(October 2015) Earlier discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12201147 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12201147 Investigation paper published by IEEE: https://www.cse.msu.edu/~cse470/Public/Handouts/Therac/Therac_1.html https://www.cse.msu.edu/~cse470/Public/Handouts/Therac/Thera...