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Origin Story of The first CT scan (Republished from The Conversation

Rmukesh Gupta

Hounsfield’s natural talents propelled him to lead the team building the most advanced mainframe computer available in Britain. But by the ‘60s, EMI wanted out of the competitive computer market and wasn’t sure what to do with the brilliant, eccentric engineer. Meanwhile, Hounsfield needed patients to try out his machine on.

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When innovation led to a reversal of fortunes

hackerearth

It was close to bankruptcy in the late 1990s with rivals BM, Dell and HP eating up the market. The company had a paltry 4 percent market share and losses of over $1 billion. Market expansion was what Apple needed, not a sizable chunk of the PC market. Mac’s unique features were shadowed by the premium price.