One of the clear advantages offered by this system is the fact that it unshackles user from physical currency, more specifically coins. Thus, avoiding the user the hassle of looking of coin dispensers. The Tech-Cash system provides and easy to access webpage to recharge one's Tech-Cash balance and it gets instantly updated. In fact, between all the interviewees, the users observed and myself this is the preferred method to pay for our laundry use.
Another benefit of the Tech-Cash system resides in the fact that it's integrated to our MIT IDs, which are ubiquitously carried by every MIT graduate student since it also provides access to numerous MIT buildings, offices and labs. Therefore, the users are not required to carry any additional items for its use.