Andy Kim

Recent Articles

• Converting Pig Poo to Crude Oil
• Apr 19, 2010
• What can pig poo do? Apparently, it can be turned into one of the nation's biggest imports: crude oil. At the University of Illinois in...

• Using GPS to Fight Domestic Violence
• Apr 12, 2010
• Earlier this month, Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced that the state will launch a pilot program, using GPS monitors to track the movement of...
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• Cigarette Bans: Lost Tax Revenue?
• Apr 9, 2010
• More and more states across the country are adopting tobacco bans in their prisons. In fact, half of the states in the U.S. have ...

• Green Energy Illuminates Streets
• Apr 5, 2010
• A hybrid-powered streetlight system, the first of its kind in a residential community, was recently installed in a Downers Grove, Illinois neighborhood. The 25 streetlights are...

• Ads on School Buses?
• Mar 29, 2010
• In this current state of the economy, school districts across the country are trying to offset budget cuts by generating new streams of revenue. A...

• Streets Become Seats
• Mar 25, 2010
• Akin to many other large U.S. cities, streets and public rights-of-way take up about one-fourth of San Francisco's land area. As part of a...

• Prisons and Animal Shelters Team Up to Train Shelter Dogs
• Jan 3, 2010
• One correctional facility in Michigan is partnering with a local animal shelter to have inmates help develop shelter dogs into adoption-ready companions.
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