In message , Sacha
writes
On 2012-02-08 14:34:36 +0000, Simon Foster
said:

Hello everyone.
I am a student currently studying in the Mechanical Engineering
department at the University of Sheffield. For my dissertation an
engineering company has asked me to review their lawn mower handling
system design, and part of the preliminary research is to find out what
difficulties people face when performing tasks in the garden.
If you have a spare 5 minutes (that's all it will take max), please
have
a look at my online survey and help me out. In order to make the design
as ergonomic as possible, we're looking to focus on people over the age
of 50.
The survey is at: www.kwiksurveys.com/?u=gardening
I look forward to reading your opinions. Thanks very much,
Simon

Seems a good idea to me. We often grumble about inadequate machinery or
consultation by manufacturers, telly programmers, you name its....
Now's a chance to give an opinion that could be of real use. The
question is posed to over-50s, not 50s, so let us hear from our 50-80
year olds and above, eh? ;-) Most people have a lawn if they have a
garden, after all!
Very thoughtful of him to use imperial measurements.
--
hugh