Belkin laptop cooling pad

Belkin is looking to help keeping your laptop cool throughout with this new gadget.

The laptop cooling lounge

This is how it'll work

At first look, it will look like a senseless gimmick in the new Chinese store down the corner. But when you come to think of the too-hot-to-touch bed-sheet under your laptop after finished watching that 3 hour long “Lord of the rings 3:Return of the king” – you might be able to come in terms with the fact that this simple device may get rather useful at times. Welcome to Customer-centric marketing. The new Laptop Cooling Hub from Belkin is a slight update on their classic model – a raised platform with a fan embedded to help cool down a hot laptop. It now features four USB ports to give it a little extra for your buck.

The cooling hub is elevated by a flip-out stand in the back, and slip-resistant rubber pads cover the laptop contact points to keep your notebook elevated at a prime viewing angle. This system works by taking advantage of the Cooling Pad's wave-shaped design, which sets the laptop up on the no-slip rubber-coated front to back crests of the wave, leaving about three-quarters of an inch of height in the trough for the fan to do its work.

The Laptop Cooling Pad uses a USB connection to power the unit, so your laptop will need to lend some life to it. The Cooling Pad has a separate compartment for storing the power cable. This product is really useful, both as a cooler and a laptop stand, although it might prove to be a little too uncomfortable on your lap.

The classic model comes for $30 with shades in both black and white, and the upgraded models called cooling hub and lounge retail at $50.