When Software Goes Bad
Posted on April 11, 2006
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This should never happen:
Some pacemakers have stimulated hearts to beat at rates of 190 beats a
minute, prompting companies to provide software updates delivered to
the implanted devices using capacitive coupling. Unfortunately, other
pacemaker patients have had their devices inadvertently reprogrammed
when walking through metal detectors. In 2003, the pacemaker of a
woman in Japan was accidentally reprogrammed by her rice cooker.
Embedded Experts: Fix Code Bugs Or Cost Lives
This is wise:
In the confines of a software project, “spending $2,000 on tools might
save you $100,000 in programming effort,” said Stewart of Embedded
Research Solutions.
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