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minus-squarePapstJL4U@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-22 days agoAfter citing that one xray-machine example in programming classes for 20+ years, we will be able cite more deadly medical software incidents :)
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 days agoAre 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: https://youtu.be/7EQT1gVsE6I
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25
After citing that one xray-machine example in programming classes for 20+ years, we will be able cite more deadly medical software incidents :)
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:
https://youtu.be/7EQT1gVsE6I
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25