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 ...

The iconic green falling code in *The Matrix* may seem like a deep, mysterious symbol of the virtual world, but in reality, it's based on something far simpler—sushi recipes. Simon Whiteley ...

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.

"I like to tell everybody that "The Matrix''s code is made out of Japanese sushi recipes," Whiteley told CNet in a recent interview. He claims he scanned the characters from his wife's Japanese ...