• Its survivability stats, printed around the lens, include waterproof to 14 meters (46 feet), shockproof to 2-meter (6.5-foot) drops, crush-proof to 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of force and cold-proof to -10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit).

    ENGADGET

  • Two: In the course of designing Stompy, the Project Hexapod crew developed a position-controlled hydraulic actuator capable of generating 18, 000 pounds of force with a two-foot stroke that's two orders of magnitude cheaper that comparable hardware.

    ENGADGET: Stompy gets off the ground with a Kickstarter: buy a ride on a 2-ton hexabot

  • They can tell you how many pounds it takes to--of force it takes to brush your teeth, you know.

    NPR: Shuttle Spacewalk Repair Mission a Success

  • Michael Cheika introduced the Ollie le Roux for the closing stages but even the South African's newly-added pounds couldn't force a way through the tight Edinburgh defence.

    BBC: Leinster 12-3 Edinburgh

  • This manoeuvre was associated with the least amount of force - 6.5 pounds - to the baby's head necessary to achieve delivery.

    BBC: NEWS | Health | Tricky birth delivery aid created

  • Hydroforming uses water pressure (up to 15, 000 pounds per square inch) to force the flat steel against a one-sided tool, achieving the same result for half the cost.

    FORBES: Water Wagons

  • And he reached out with his fingers and he plucked them out, and he said--he estimated that he'd used one and a half pounds of force.

    NPR: Shuttle Spacewalk Repair Mission a Success

  • The current governor of the Bank of England seems to believe that the best hope is to force the banks to recognise properly the losses they are likely to make on tens of billions of pounds of loans to over-extended borrowers, households and businesses, and then force the banks to rebuild their loss-absorbing capacity by raising new capital.

    BBC: Can the Bank of England hit any target?

  • Torque is twisting force (the force you feel when a car accelerates) measured by foot-pounds (the distance a one-foot crank can push one pound in a circular motion).

    FORBES: Automotive Terms You Need To Know

  • According to Air Force officials, the 20.5 foot-long MOP carries over 5, 300 pounds of explosive material.

    WSJ: Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran

  • But the Air Force then calculated that a payload of thirty-two smart bombs, each weighing two thousand pounds, would be required to penetrate thirty feet below ground, insuring that any bunkers would collapse.

    NEWYORKER: Getting Bin Laden

  • Portes argues that it would be good news for most of us if the interest rate paid by the government were to rise, because that would show economic growth is reviving - and the need for the Bank of England to force rates down by creating tens of billions of pounds of new money, via quantitative easing, would be over.

    BBC: Should Osborne borrow for 100 years?

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