WHY WE SHOULD USE LAP

DESK FOR LAPTOPS?!

Cornell University Ergonomic Department: The design of laptops violates a
basic ergonomic requirement for a computer, which is because of its fixed
design. If the keyboard is in an optimal position for the user, the screen isnt
and if the screen is optimal the keyboard isnt.

Harvard University Ergonomic Department: Laptops do not easily allow

basic ergonomic adjustments since they have a fixed design. When the
keyboard is in the proper position for the wrist, the screen is not at an
adequate height for viewing and vice versa. Using a laptop, however mobile
and convenient is a tradeoff between poor neck/head posture and poor
hand/wrist posture

Center For disease control (CDC): Laptop computers are not recommended
as primary computers in the office or while at home, A docking station is
recommended to provide adjustability which will enhance neutral postures.
 Separate the keyboard
from screen
solution
s
Use a laptop stand

But is the ergonomic adjustment only problem of laptops?

WHY DO WE NEED LAP
DESK ?!
The design of laptop violates the basic
ergonomic requirement for computer Cornell University
Ergonomic Department
 WHY DO WE NEED LAP
DESK ?!
In November 2012, Lancet
medical journal reported the
case of a healthy 50 year old
scientist, fully dressed who
burned his genital area after
placing his laptop on his lap for
an hour.