TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Laptop heat and models of user thermal discomfort
JO  - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomic Society annual meeting
A1  - Zhang, Han
A1  - Hedge, Alan
SP  - 1456
EP  - 1460
VL  - 58
IS  - 1
N2  - The heat from some laptop computers has resulted in reports of toasted skin syndrome and even skin burns. Although standards exist to limit the maximum temperature of electronic devices to prevent skin burns, few studies have been done on the thermal discomfort associated with laptop heat production. Consequently, a survey and temperature measurement was conducted among 100 laptop computer users. Cumulative logistic regression for ordinal responses was used to model the reported user thermal discomfort scores and to explore the possible factors that may affect thermal comfort. A positive relationship between discomfort scores and laptop surface temperatures was found.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2169-5067
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541931214581304
ID  - ref1
ER  -