MacBook wakes up from sleep when it shouldn't

Especially MacBook Pro's with bigger screens tend to wake up if they get a little bit of pressure one the screen causing the keys to go down and wake the MacBook/MacBook Pro up. This can drain the battery making the MacBook unavailable for beeing used while traveling.
Is there a way to prevent the MacBook from waking up through the keyboard? It would be helpful to have the MacBook wake up only by pressing the PowerUp-Button.

Apple has a KB article about this. They recommend you not connect or disconnect any external device (USB or FW) while the computer is asleep. It can cause pre-mature wake up even with the lid closed resulting in a lot of heat generation. This would not be desirable if the computer were in a closed area. It can also cause the computer to shutdown or kernel panic.

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    Hey, thanks 4 your response... Well I figured that out... I hoped that there was a way to prevent system calls, regarding devices, to wake up my macbook pro... something like: forbid interrupts while asleep
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