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Vending Machine for Laptops

The new vending machine in Drexel University’s main library doesn’t dispense soda or study-time snacks. In fact, those snacks should be kept away from what this machine delivers, to keep crumbs from getting in the keyboards.

This kiosk lends out 15-inch MacBooks free, with the swipe of a Drexel ID card.

When the library started staying open 24 hours a day during midterms, in 2012, a student-government representative noticed a potential problem.

To read the original article: Drexel U. Library Adds Vending Machine to Dispense Laptops - Wired Campus - The Chronicle of Higher Education