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Therac-25

An extensive case study that includes teaching notes covering the Therac-25 accident during which a computerized radiation therapy machine massively overdosed patients at least six times between June 1985 and January 1987.

Therac-25 Teaching Introduction
A History of the Introduction and Shut Down of Therac-25
Therac-25 Socio-technical Analysis
Therac-25 Case Narrative
Exercises for Therac-25
References for Therac-25 Case
An Investigation of the Therac-25 Accidents (Abstract)
Integrating Ethics into a Computing Curriculum: A Case Study of the Therac-25: A paper on teaching ethics of real-time systems