MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The worry of a dead cellphone on the way to class may be one less stress with new FuelRod stations spread across WVU’s campus.
The new vending machine service allows students to purchase a portable charging kit with just the swipe of a credit card.
For $20, a user can purchase a kit, which includes a FuelRod portable charger, and an adapter to charge either an Android or Apple device. When on campus, a dead charger can be swapped for a fully charged FuelRod at any SwapBox for free.
The portable charger promises to give the user up to eight hours of talk time on a cellphone, or four hours of use on a tablet…