Laptop Heat May Cause 'Toasted Skin Syndrome'

mrvook submitted an item that might affect a lot of you "Working with a laptop on one's lap for extended periods of time has been found to cause heat damage and skin discoloration in a handful of cases, prompting researchers examining the phenomenon to recommend thermal protection for laptop users and warnings labels on laptop device packaging." Only 10 cases have actually been reported, so this might just be a case of media hyping something, or it could be the end of the world with a generation of nerds doomed to sterility and crunchy crotches.

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Thank you! I'll be subscribing to your newsletter shortly. I found it odd that people still use laptops in their laps! I mean handhelds and smartphones are the new laptops, the laptops are the new desktops, and desktops are the new home servers. Eventually augmented reality glasses will replace the handheld, then minions of nanobots. Laptop in his lap?! What a dope!