
Episode 121: Therac-25
Well There‘s Your Problem
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Cancer Treatment Causes Huge Headaches for Structural Engineers
Radioactivity is a great way of killing cells. Proton therapy, let you just stand here and I'm gonna fire this particle accelerator at you, and you won't have cancer anymore. This is also how cancer treatment causes huge headaches for structural engineers. You got to design a room with like several feet of concrete or lead. Don't let your kids like it.
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