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185 empty white chairs: remembering Christchurch earthquake

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By Elise Boyd in New Art on Monday 19 November 2012

Reflection of Loss of Lives, Livelihoods and Living in Neighbourhood is an installation by Peter Majendie, standing on a vacant lot in the heart of Christchurch. Where a church once proudly stood, the 185 white chairs each represent one of the 185 lives lost in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

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Google’s data centres: Photos from deep within

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By Elise Boyd in Tech on Friday 19 October 2012

Google have opened their doors for the first time today to give the world photographic access to their massive data centres scattered around the world. The 8 centres in the US, Finland and Belgium are the heart of Google, responsible for delivering your search results, emails and most importantly, all of those hilarious cat videos on Youtube straight to your computer.

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Spectacular animated MRI scans of fruit and vegetables

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By Elise Boyd in Cool Websites on Tuesday 16 October 2012

Inside Insides is the brainchild of Andy Ellison, an MRI technologist at Boston University Medical School. In his spare time in the lab, Ellison takes MRI scans of fruit and vegetable, resulting in these spectacular animated gifs.

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