Vibrating Bluetooth bracelet helps you get the phone
The Bluetooth vibrating bracelet solves the problem of having your phone buried in a pocket or bag by giving your wrist a buzz when your phone rings. About half the people I call regularly miss most of their calls because they don't hear or feel the ringer. Short of wellying up the vibrator, this is the kind of thing that will solve the problem. Link (via OhGizmo)

LATIN AMERICA: Prizes for Communities Fighting Exclusion
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil, Dec 10 (IPS) - They work in the deep heartland of Brazil, or in urban slums. They all seek social inclusion, and their starting point is the bottom of the social ladder, with people who have a wide experience of life, contrasting with their short years.

BRAZIL: Modelling Change in the Favelas
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 6 (IPS) - When police in Brazil discovered an enormous detailed scale model of the Pereirão favela, they were going to destroy it because they thought it was part of a drug trafficking gang’s plan to invade a nearby neighbourhood. Ten years later, portions of the miniature reproduction built by children have travelled around the world to art exhibits and festivals.

Presentato il nuovo Rapporto UNICEF "Progressi per l'infanzia"
Lenti ma concreti i passi avanti verso gli Obiettivi di Sviluppo del Millennio

The Time Has Come for Complete Streets
Although some cities may act like it, streets aren't just for private vehicles. They are for pedestrians, bicyclists, skateboarders, public transportation vehicles, and so on and so forth. This idea is certainly not new news to most TH readers, but what is new is that now some localities are actually doing something about it.