Gallery: Ingenious Gardening Tools From Fiskars, the King of Cutting

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    Fiskars, makers of the world famous orange scissors and gardening tools, have rolled out a new line of power tools designed according to human, not machine, strength.
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    The PowerGear2 line of tools will use data from humans, not machines, to determine optimum ergonomics. To do that, Fiskars worked with Georgia Tech.
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    A team at Georgia Tech researches this specific kind of ergonomics. For this, they outfitted tools with force sensors and tested over 100 subjects as they opened and closed loppers.
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    When a person snaps a branch, their range of motion isn't consistently strong throughout. Fiskars realized that traditional round gears are meant for an even amount of strength.
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    The new gears have an oval gear that adjusts the ratio of oomph, giving users a boost during the middle of the snap.
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    The result? A "tuned" curve feels very smooth all the way through.
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