• 
• 5 min
• Kinolab
• 2014

In this vignette, Matt describes his backstory as a member of an online community who used technology called “Z-eyes” to walk each other through activities such as flirting with women at bars. The Z-eyes technology directly streams all audiovisual data which his friend Harry experiences to his screen, and Matt is additionally able to use facial recognition and information searches to offer background information which enhances Harry’s plays.

• Data Privacy
• Edited Humans
• Computer Vision
• Brain-Computer Interfaces
• Data Streaming

• 
• 12 min
• Kinolab
• 2011

In the 2050s, humans are able to connect their brains to an implanted digital device known as a “grain,” which stores all of their individual audiovisual memories and allows for instant replays or closer analysis of any stored memories. Liam Foxwell, one such user, discusses these devices with some friends at dinner, and later uses the data collected at this party to scrutinize his wife’s interactions with Jonas, a crude man who uses the grain for contemptible purposes. With these memories, he confronts his wife and demands objective truth from her.

• Digital Addiction
• Limitations of Digital Technologies
• Brain-Computer Interfaces
• Data Streaming

• 
• 15 min
• Kinolab
• 1997

Vincent, an “invalid” from the proximate future, was born naturally and is therefore seen as less  than humans such as his brother Anton who were conceived in a computational genetic selection process to ensure that the best traits are carried on. Thus, in this eugenic society, biometric technologies such as finger pricks and other scans are used to detect superior and inferior human genomes. Vincent, relinquished to service jobs, steals the identity of a genetically superior man named Eugene to fulfill his goal of going on a space mission, yet is never able to let go of his sibling rivalry. However, Vincent sets himself up to prove that humans edited through this computational genomics project are not automatically superior to those naturally born.

• Fundamental Ethics
• Edited Humans
• Biometrics
• Computational Genomics

• 
• 3 min
• Kinolab
• 2018

Wade Watts lives in an imagined future in which the OASIS, a limitless virtual reality world, acts as a constant distraction from the real world for the majority of citizens. In this scene, his virtual avatar Parzival visits the Halliday Journals, a complete archive of the memories of James Halliday, the creator of the OASIS. These memories are digitized in their complete abstract form, and seem freely accessible to anyone.

• Data Privacy
• Scientific Innovation
• Brain-Computer Interfaces
• Virtual Reality

• 
• 5 min
• The Atlantic
• 2019

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announces that hackers have stolen license-plate images and traveler’s ID photos from a subcontractor, which provides deeper insight to the dangers of big data held by government.

• Cyber Crime
• Data Privacy
• Biometrics

• 
• 7 min
• The New York Times
• 2019

The article discusses how to protect and delete DNA data from sites like 23andme. It mentions that many privacy policies for such companies are very brief and do not explain what data is stored and what happens to that data. Specifically, once genetic data is shared digitally with third party companies, it is nearly impossible to definitively erase, and there is an imminent possibility that this data could even be de-anonymized.

• Data Privacy
• Computational Genomics