Campus Cards, College and University Identification and Security

Students monitor laundry progress online via new monitoring solutions and their campus card

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Messages are sent to email or cell phone when wash and dry cycles are complete

The campus card has helped to alleviate the frantic search for quarters that characterizes the student laundry experience. Card-based payment solves that problem, but what will solve the problem the ever so busy college student faces now – waiting … and waiting for open washers and dryers?

Students use the Internet for almost everything … but laundry? Yes, the online revolution has reached the laundry room. At least four companies are offering solutions to monitor the laundry facilities and allow students to view machine availability in real-time. At least one other company, CBORD, is beta testing a new laundry monitoring solution.

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