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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. The team installed a full-sized scanner at the Atkinson Morley Hospital in London , and on Oct. He continued to putter around with inventions until his final days in 2004, when he died at 84.

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When innovation led to a reversal of fortunes

hackerearth

In 2004, CEO Knudstrop embarked on a back-to-the-basics journey, and went from a loss of $292 million that year to a profit of $117 million in 2005. Another turnaround story is Netflix’s using tons of data to drive innovation and beat competitors and challenges. Disruption just wasn’t working for the Billund-based company.