Agreed; I expected it to be the story of Therac-25 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25) It was involved in at least

Agreed; I expected it to be the story of Therac-25 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25) It was involved in at least six accidents between 1985 and 1987, in which patients were given massive overdoses of radiation, approximately 100 times the intended dose. These accidents highlighted the dangers of software control of safety-critical systems, and they have become a standard case study in health informatics and software engineering.