 | It’s probably one of the most fundamental advantages of a laptop - the ability to take it anywhere and as the name suggests, use it on y |
Using it on my lap for anymore than 20 minutes is akin to strapping hot irons to my lap and doing the dance of diabalos until I jump out of the sofa with my thighs throbbing like they’ve just re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere. It’s not the kind of lap dance that any laptop user should be subjected to (except maybe Targa laptop owners).
Is a hot lap and a silly dance the only danger of laptop use though? There is scientific evidence to suggest that it might not only be your legs you’re frying when lapping it up on your PC or Mac. As far back as 2004, a study by the State University of New York concluded that laptops cause a 1 or 2 degree Fahrenheit increase in scrotum temperature - enough to significantly reduce sperm count and possibly cause fertility problems. The researchers said:
Working on laptop computers in a laptop position causes significant scrotal temperature elevation as a result of heat exposure and posture-related effects.
Heat isn’t the only danger however. Electromagnetic radiation is emitted by most large electrical devices and such radiation can cause cancer. Could secret agents simply have killed Alexander Litvinyenko by giving him a Toshiba Satellite laptop instead of going to the trouble of polonium-210? Well, doubtful otherwise we’d all be dead by now but there’s definitely a disconcerting lack of study on the subject. One blogger did his own research on the subject and found rather worryingly:
There is a common recommendation though: limit exposure to fields over 2.5 mG. A laptop computer can emit an incredible 150 mG, which is 60 times the recommended amount!
One company called HARApad specializes in providing a special platform for your laptop which can absorb a large part of this excessive radiation. (more…)
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