Reproduction of a Forward i received.
A couple lost their 25year old son, Arun Gopal Ratnam, in a fire at home on June 4th. The son who had graduated with MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison two weeks earlier had come home for a while. He had lunch with his dad at home and decided to go back to clean up his hostel room. His father told him to wait, to meet his mother, before he went back for a few days. Arun decided to take a nap while waiting for his mom to come back home from work.
Some time later their neighbors called 911 when they saw black smoke coming out of the house. Unfortunately, 25 years old Arun died in the three year old house. It took several days of investigation to find out the cause of the fire. It was determined that the fire was caused by the lap top resting on the bed.
When the lap top was on the bed cooling fan did not get the air to cool the computer and that is what caused the fire. He did not even wake up to get out of the bed because he died of breathing in carbon monoxide.
Related:
If you’re tired of your thighs feeling like they’re in a slow cooker, by all means, buy a laptop cooling pad, with or without a USB-powered fan. But don’t buy the argument that they’ll extend your laptop’s life. The New York Times‘ Gadgetwise blog digs into laptop pad longevity claims and finds that, at best, theymight extend the life of your computer’s own cooling fans, which isn’t all that expensive a replacement. Testing found that a new line of laptop pads dropped laptop temperatures only five degrees Fahrenheit, so even the fan-saving function is a slim promise, at best. Got a great laptop cooling pad that’s worth the cash-for-comfort trade-off? Show it off in the comments. [NYTimes/Gadgetwise]
http://lifehacker.com/#!5591512/laptop-cooling-pads-improve-comfort-not-laptop-longevity
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