EMI Brain Scanner, 1971

The EMI scanner (computerised tomography - or CT scanner) was invented by Godfrey Hounsfield, who had previously been responsible for the first transistorised British business computer. Hounsfield worked for EMI, the British electronics and music company, which invested in new products after the success of Beatles' records, which were released on its Parlophone label. The greater experience of overseas companies in the medical technology business, however, forced EMI out of the market within a decade.

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