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Rad. @TheAtlantic: This futuristic boat just circumnavigated the globe on solar power theatln.tc/IFhTes 10:02 PM May 4th via Flipboard
@DavidAll, I meant to ask @burningman's Larry Harvey, Why do you do what you do? politico.pro/IDBfxT 9:26 PM Apr 30th via Twitter for iPhone
Brilliant. RT @Vimeo: Staff Pick: "Each Moment is the Universe" vimeo.com/staffpicks#404… 9:16 PM Apr 24th via Flipboard
Stoked that @ericg is on @kojoshow: #TechTuesday: What impact does the open data movement have in developing countries? wamu.fm/JwxU91 5:32 AM Apr 24th via Twitter for iPhone
RT @BoingBoing: Mule-based bookmobiles for remote Venezuelan communities dlvr.it/1Sfg87 cc @vethno 5:23 PM Apr 22nd via Flipboard
Yes. Yes, they were...RT @stereogab: Shrimp is very spicy (@ 4th St Potluck) #shawdc flic.kr/p/bMthEg 3:45 AM Apr 15th via Twitter for iPhone
OLPC Wikipedia to be free on mobiles in Africa, Middle East - SciDev.Net: bit.ly/IuSiYA 8:25 PM Apr 12th via Tweet Button Retweeted by bentruscello and 5 others
Your life is AJAX, JSON, PHP, Thrift, and RESTful API's. 10:44 PM Apr 7th via Twitter for iPad
Music I'm most reluctant to be missing at #SXSW ... @BALOJI 8:20 PM Mar 9th via Mobile Web
digidrift RT @kungfujedi: Explorer Announces Great African Expedition bit.ly/yx1yMB 1:58 AM Feb 23rd via Flipboard Retweeted by bentruscello and 19 others
Wow. Via @SURFER_Magazine: Crushed in West Oz: Mark Mathews on the monster from our March issue. surfermag.com/features/crush… 8:01 PM Feb 28th via Flipboard
pourmecoffee My oversimplification seems like wisdom. #FiveWordTEDTalks 5:50 PM Feb 27th via TweetDeck Retweeted by bentruscello and 249 others
How a Team of Doctors Uses Social Media to Drive Awareness and Save Lives - on.mash.to/wlsLN8 via @mashable 8:24 PM Feb 27th via Twitter for iPhone
"Karibu benki ya Facebook." Facebook Mobile Operator Billing Opens App Economy To The Credit Card-less tcrn.ch/y19hot via @techcrunch 6:43 PM Feb 27th via Tweet Button
Cool! ...from @wired, a microscope smartphone adapter that reminds me of Dr. Aydogan Ozcan's biophotonics work at UCLA bit.ly/xPbgkJ 7:38 PM Jan 9th via TweetDeck
@vethno see "In Countryside, Stricken Haiti Seeks Both Food and Rebirth" on @nytimes mobile.nytimes.com/article;jsessi… 8:58 PM Dec 24th, 2011 via Safari on iOS
“We could put up a #Facebook account for each animal.” nyti.ms/pxrRS3 7:35 PM Aug 30th, 2011 via TweetDeck
Assessing infectious disease transmission via the air grid: Bio.Diaspora (collab w/ @healthmap) bit.ly/pygrVV Sound familiar @vethno? 4:08 PM Aug 28th, 2011 via TweetDeck
Tweet Waves vs. Seismic Waves bit.ly/oNUAEG (via @rjallain cc @kberardinelli) 6:22 PM Aug 26th, 2011 via TweetDeck
@FP_Magazine asks, what will the world look like in 2025? "The Future Is Now" goo.gl/Btqnk (cc @wdeggers) 5:21 AM Aug 25th, 2011 via Twitter for iPhone

Name Ben Truscello
Location Washington DC
Web http://www.metabe...
Bio In no particular order...emerging tech, crisis early warning, Chuck Taylor hightops, Africa, One Health, media analysis, agriculture, music, Modelo margheritas.