The Matrix’s iconic title sequences are made up of falling “digital rain”, which, upon closer inspection, was actually thousands of lines of binary code. Until now, I always assumed this ...

this binary code gets further intricate, reigning in shades of subtleties, but the basic ‘on-off’ remains as the fundamental unit. Time and space are units of a matrix, necessary to separate ...

Assigning certain sizes, shapes and positions of bubbles to characters within Morse and binary codes means messages could be ...

It was brought to light that the codes were created by Simon Whiteley, a production designer from England after he scanned the characters from his wife’s Japanese cookbooks.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you don't already know how computers work, it may seem like an unapproachable subject. It's the kind of high-level science and math ...