Therac 25 in the Classroom with Natalia Silvis-Cividjian

Scott Jerome Parks died in 2007 from a radiation overdose. His slow, agonizing death captured headlines. Headlines were followed by a congressional hearing, where his dad shared of Scott's suffering and the need for reform in medical device and radiation safety.  As I learned of his story, it brought me to many more stories. The first being the Therac 25.

Natalia Silvis-Cividjian also found the story of the Therac 25. She too became captured and harnessed its lessons to teach students the importance of effective software testing. Natalia is a lecturer at the Vrije University in Amsterdam and joins me to talk about software, radiation, and the tragedy of the Therac 25.

To learn about Natalia's project to teach and preserve software bugs for teaching click here.