Laptop in your lap might mess with male prowess
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TORONTO -- New medical research is about to hit the technology industry below the belt; a provocative US study has concluded that the last place any male should use a laptop computer is in his lap.
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Heat generated by notebook use may harm reproductive health, study says.
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To the true technophile, personal digital devices are more anatomy than accessory, and the physical world is kind of a nuisance. A simple trip to the mall can be a distraction: You actually have to look up from your screen. Consumer electronics makers seem determined to change that.
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The temperature of a man&#39;s testes increases by an average of nearly three degrees Celsius -- enough to impair fertility -- after one hour of laptop use of a portable computer, according to a study published on Thursday in the journal Human Reproduction.
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Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a laptop that you can roll up as easily as a paper.
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By James Coates  Q. I have acquired from my son the laptop he used during his last year of college and for a couple years after that. He did a lot of online gaming, watching videos, downloading of stuff from the Internet, etc., that I do not do.
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Laptops may be one of the most useful inventions in the world, even more useful than TiVo and Jiffy Pop. However, a quite frightening study was released yesterday that linked laptop usage to infertility in males.
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By James Coates  Q. I am at my wits' end with my two sons' IBM laptop computers that are riddled with spyware and viruses to the extent that the computers are almost unusable.   They use these computers a lot for gaming, surfing the Web, instant messaging and, of course, schoolwork.
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Young men - keep that laptop off your lap if you want to have healthy progeny. That is the advice of State University of New York (at Stonybrook) researchers who found that the heat caused by portable computers
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A combination of the heat generated by a laptop and the position of the thighs needed to balance it leads to higher temperatures that can be dangerous to a man's reproductive health.
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If you&#39;re a man, you may want to place your laptop computer on a desk instead of your lap, because a new study warns that the heat generated from a laptop may impair male fertility.
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Laptops should be used as desktops if men want to protect their reproductive health, according to a new study published Thursday. A combination of the heat generated by a laptop
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Is that a barbecue in your lap or... When laptop batteries aren't bursting into white-hot flames, incinerating loved-ones, treasured possessions and airline luggage compartments in a ball of fiery plasma â they're right useful products.â¦
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By JAMES COATES, CHICAGO TRIBUNE  Q. I have acquired from my son the laptop he used during his last year of college and for a couple years after that. He did a lot of online gaming, watching videos, downloading stuff from the Internet etc. that I do not do.
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If you think you spend too much time  stuck in front of a computer screen, spare a thought for bleary  eyed gamer Eric Furrer.
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Heat generated by the use of laptop computers might affect men&#39;s fertility, researchers reported Wednesday. Using laptops for one hour increased the temperatures of men&#39;s scrotums by about 5 degrees, according
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Reproductive experts warn that heat generated by laptops can have an adverse effect on male fertility. The study showed that scrotal temperatures rose by between 4.6 and 5 degrees Fahrenheit in an hour among a group of healthy male volunteers.