{"id":74604,"date":"2021-08-15T12:56:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T07:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.bullfrag.com\/cubitus-the-laptop-that-becomes-a-desktop-computer-technology\/"},"modified":"2022-01-29T19:09:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T13:39:41","slug":"cubitus-the-laptop-that-becomes-a-desktop-computer-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/cubitus-the-laptop-that-becomes-a-desktop-computer-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Cubitus, the laptop that becomes a desktop computer |  Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Laptops are very practical, but they have a flaw: They are not ergonomic when used on a table.  It is a problem that this spectacular design solves.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In the last year <strong>laptop sales have multiplied<\/strong>, for the reason we all know.  A laptop is the most practical computer because you can use it anywhere, without depending on a table or an outlet.<\/p>\n<p>But in the end when you have to<strong> telework, study, or use it for a long time, you end up placing it on a table<\/strong>.  And this is where the problems begin.<\/p>\n<p>A laptop is not designed to be used on a table, because <strong>the screen is glued to the keyboard<\/strong>.  When you are sitting in the chair<strong> the screen is too low<\/strong>, so you have to bend the neck down.  After a couple of hours of use<strong> your back, shoulders, and neck itself<\/strong>, they will begin to protest.<\/p>\n<p>A desktop PC is much more comfortable to use because the monitor is separate from the keyboard.  The screen sits much higher, at eye level, without bending the neck.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Cubitus laptop<\/strong> it&#8217;s called that because it means <em>elbow<\/em> in Latin, referring to the proposed solution: <strong>use a kind of mechanical elbow<\/strong> to raise the screen and<strong> turn a laptop into a desktop computer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The idea is very ingenious because it does not increase the space or thickness of the laptop. <strong>This folding arm is hidden in the lid of the computer itself,<\/strong> and when stretched, it raises the screen to eye level, in addition to containing the cables:<\/p>\n<p>With this system you get the main advantage of a desktop computer, without any penalty.  Why hasn&#8217;t anyone thought of it before?<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, <strong>Cubitus <\/strong>It is a laptop that, for the moment, does not exist.  It is a conceptual design of the Italian engineering agency <a href=\"https:\/\/mainengineering.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Main Engineering<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div data-embed-button=\"external_card\" data-entity-embed-display=\"entity_reference:entity_reference_entity_view\" data-entity-embed-display-settings=\"external_mini_card\" data-entity-type=\"external_card\" data-entity-uuid=\"fa00e91f-e06d-41e1-9c58-2bfecaf5e00e\" data-langcode=\"es\" class=\"embedded-entity external_card bdt_product\">\n<article class=\"embedded-minicard\">\n<figure class=\"minicard-image\">\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"inner-container\">\n<p>Surface Laptop Go is Microsoft&#8217;s lightest laptop, ideal for teleworking and studying.  With camera enhancements for video calls, full keyboard, instant power on, fast charging and all-day battery life.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p>But it has already offered it to the main manufacturers, and perhaps some will dare to make it a reality.<\/p>\n<p>It seems like an excellent idea to us, and surely most users who have used a laptop on a table for more than an hour agree.<\/p>\n<p>Will we ever see it?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laptops are very practical, but they have a flaw: They are not ergonomic when used on a table. It is a problem that this spectacular design solves. In the last year laptop sales have multiplied, for the reason we all know. A laptop is the most practical computer because you can use it anywhere, without<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":74605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3323],"tags":[619],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.computerhoy.com\/sites\/navi.axelspringer.es\/public\/styles\/1200\/public\/media\/image\/2021\/08\/portatil-cubitus-2436395.jpg?itok=pjgqyktg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242586,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74604\/revisions\/242586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}