Is your new iPad as hot as a tabletop grill? Why not put it to use as a warming pad? Yeah, just navigate Safari to this little web app and the script takes care of the rest! The new iPad is truly a magical device. What will Apple think of next? A Siri-controlled RC car that can open a can of beer? Oh…yeah.
The web app just runs a processor-intensive script that tasks the CPU thus causing the iPad — or ordinary computer — to heat up. Don’t worry about the iPad; its Corning glass can handle the stress of a coffee cup. The additional heat could damage the battery and logic board, though.
Of course Primary Coffee isn’t suggesting that this is a practical use of the iPad. The company really just wants to its coffee. But it’s a known issue that the iPad gets hot — 116 degrees per Consumer Reports. A few degrees warmer, though, and it really could double as a hot plate.
The Apple iPad, formerly referred to as the Apple Tablet, is a touch-pad tablet computer announced in January 2010, and released in April 2010. It has internet capabilities running on either WiFi or 3G, and offers an optional dock with a full size mechanical keyboard. The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc. primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. Its size and...
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