Timeline for How to keep laptop on your lap and still be safe?
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| Nov 1, 2017 at 14:25 | comment | added | Hobbes | Aside from heating issues, having a laptop in your lap is fine for brief periods, but not for a full work day: the posture it forces you into (shoulders hunched to reach the trackpad, head tilted forward to look at a screen that's placed too low) is unnatural and can lead to RSI. Even on a desk, a laptop with its cramped dimensions is not comfortable to work on for long periods. | |
| Oct 27, 2017 at 2:15 | answer | added | Anquie | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 24, 2015 at 9:04 | answer | added | sheridan | timeline score: 4 | |
| Nov 19, 2015 at 14:30 | comment | added | Zeiss Ikon | Radiation isn't the main problem. Conducted heat from an overheating machine is where injuries occur. People have reported burns from long term exposure to temperatures that don't violate the machine's operating limits, and very long term heating (a few degrees) can affect fertility (to the point where tight underwear has been blamed for decades); it may also increase risk of testicular cancer. | |
| Nov 19, 2015 at 9:40 | comment | added | n00dles | I was worried for about three seconds then. Thanks @Daniel | |
| Nov 18, 2015 at 23:02 | answer | added | DeviLFisH | timeline score: 11 | |
| Oct 30, 2015 at 15:14 | comment | added | Daniel | Being a bit of an expert on the topic of EM radiation (which is what would be coming out of your laptop) I can go ahead and tell you you're not hurting anything, unless the weight of the machine is actually pressing down on you real heavy (and you would know...the pain is real) | |
| Sep 9, 2015 at 6:58 | vote | accept | Jake | ||
| Sep 8, 2015 at 10:24 | comment | added | Chenmunka♦ | Related: skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/1167/… and skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/10517/… | |
| Sep 8, 2015 at 6:51 | answer | added | Pavel Janicek | timeline score: 10 | |
| Sep 8, 2015 at 2:22 | review | First posts | |||
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| Sep 8, 2015 at 2:17 | history | asked | Jake | CC BY-SA 3.0 |