Data Decoded

Data Decoded

She’s a data guru and he’s a pop culture geek. Together they are Data Decoded. Each episode data guru Dionna McFatter - founder of Nache - joins host Michael Dolce to decode the data and technology behind some of your favorite story elements in movies, tv shows and comic books.

Episodes

September 7, 2022 9 mins
On the latest episode of Data Decoded we decode ‘Minority Report’ and the technology of tracking, targeting and facial recognition. How close are we to prediction-based crime solving?

Minority Report is a 2002 American science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, loosely based on the 1956 short story "The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick. The film is set in Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia in the year 2054, where Precr...
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On the latest episode of Data Decoded we decode Skynet – the enemy behind the mega franchise 'Terminator.'

The Terminator is a 1984 American science fiction action film directed by James Cameron. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, a cyborg assassin sent back in time from 2029 to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton), whose unborn son will one day save mankind from extinction by Skynet, a hostile artificial intel...
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July 6, 2022 10 mins
On the latest episode of Data Decoded we decode the Human Interface + Robotics concept behind 'Iron Man.'

Iron Man is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. Produced by Marvel Studios it is the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). In the film, following his escape from captivity by a terrorist group, world famous industrialist and master engineer Tony Stark builds a mechan...
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June 1, 2022 10 mins
On the latest episode of Data Decoded we decode 'The Matrix' and the concept of whether we're...well, LIVING in the Matrix! How close are we to the world of the Matrix and would we even know it?

‘The Matrix’ is a 1999 science fiction action film written and directed by the Wachowskis. It depicts a dystopian future in which humanity is unknowingly trapped inside a simulated reality, the Matrix, which intelligent machines have create...
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May 4, 2022 8 mins
On the latest episode of Data Decoded we decode 'Her' and the concept Fictosexuals and Artificial Intelligence.

Her is a 2013 American science-fiction romantic drama film written, directed, and produced by Spike Jonze. It marks Jonze's solo screenwriting debut. The film follows Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), a man who develops a relationship with Samantha (Scarlett Johansson), an artificially intelligent virtual assistant perso...
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