Thermal Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple addresses supposed iPad heat issues

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 20th, 2012)

Apple contacted The Loop with a statement about the iPad heating issue that is making the rounds this week. Apple representative Trudy Muller said, The new iPad delivers a stunning Retina display, A5X chip, support for 4G LTE plus 10 hours of battery life, all while operating well within ...

Infrared images show new iPad screen running warm

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 20th, 2012)

Remember when we said there were reports that the new iPad was running hot? Thanks to the folks at Tweakers.net, we now have some quantitative measurements to support these observations. The Dutch website ran a GLBenchmark test on the new iPad and the iPad 2 and compared the infrared profiles ...

Patent Roundup: 'Hover' touch surfaces, liquid-cooled laptops

by Robert Palmer (Dec 4th, 2008)

Two Apple patent filings have piqued interest this week: One for a touch surface that detects where your finger is hovered above it, and another for a liquid-cooled laptop. The hover surface works by measuring light reflected off your finger at various wavelengths to figure out where it is over the ...

Apple TV is...hot!

by Erica Sadun (Mar 28th, 2007)

I've personally noticed that Apple TV tends to run hot. So did Jason Tomczak of Digital Trends. He measured temperatures around 110 degrees Fahrenheit when first running his unit and found numerous posts at Apple's forums about its high temperature operation. So he decided to snap some thermal ...