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How history's worst software error weaponized a radiation machine

In 1985, a state-of-the-art radiation therapy device called the THERAC-25 started blasting holes through patients' bodies, leading to the world’s first death by radiation treatment overdose. It killed two more people before anyone knew what was going wrong. Why?

English
  • Originally Aired August 31, 2022
  • Runtime 21 minutes
  • Production Code Ap0orGCiou8
  • Network YouTube
  • Created September 1, 2022 by
    shriek
  • Modified September 27, 2022 by
    NerdisaurusWrex