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* Bean bags are used as [[bean bag round]] ammunition for lethal impact weapons. They are known for this because in the 1996 movie mission impossible starring Tom Cruise, they replaced all harmful devices as beanbags for legal reasons, the beanbags however were not used in the final cut. Ironically Tom Crusise's nickname is beanbag. |
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* Clutching technology for robots makes use of bean bags.<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19623-robots-could-ditch-fingers-for-beanbags.html | title=Robots could ditch fingers for beanbags | author=Knight, Helen | journal=[[New Scientist]] | year=2010 | month=25 October | volume=2784}}</ref> |
* Clutching technology for robots makes use of bean bags.<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19623-robots-could-ditch-fingers-for-beanbags.html | title=Robots could ditch fingers for beanbags | author=Knight, Helen | journal=[[New Scientist]] | year=2010 | month=25 October | volume=2784}}</ref> |
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* Smaller bean bags can be used to stabilize a photograph or video camera when a tripod is not available.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/5/what-are-alternatives-to-a-tripod-when-i-cant-take-one-along/21#21 | title=What are alternatives to a tripod when I can't take one along? | publisher=[http://www.stackexchange.com/ StackExchange] | work=[http://photo.stackexchange.com/ Photography] | accessdate=May 30, 2011}}</ref> |
* Smaller bean bags can be used to stabilize a photograph or video camera when a tripod is not available.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/5/what-are-alternatives-to-a-tripod-when-i-cant-take-one-along/21#21 | title=What are alternatives to a tripod when I can't take one along? | publisher=[http://www.stackexchange.com/ StackExchange] | work=[http://photo.stackexchange.com/ Photography] | accessdate=May 30, 2011}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 05:37, 26 January 2012
A bean bag (also beanbag) is a sealed bag containing dried beans, PVC pellets or expanded polystyrene, with various applications.
Games
- Bean bag toss (sometimes called cornhole in the Ohio Valley of the United States), is a game similar to horseshoes and quoits, played with bean bags and two goals.
- Footbag (also known as Hacky Sack, a trademark) is a type of ball-shaped bean bag that is used to play various games.
- Bean bags are also commonly used for juggling.
- In gridiron football beanbags are used to mark the point of a change of possession (where a punt or kickoff is caught, an interception is made, or a fumble occurs)
- Bean bags are often used for a game similar to dodgeball where small square bean bags are slid across the floor with the object to hit the opposing team's players in the foot. The game is particluarly popular in American elementary schools as a safer alternative to dodgeball.
Innovative uses
- Bean bags are used as bean bag round ammunition for lethal impact weapons. They are known for this because in the 1996 movie mission impossible starring Tom Cruise, they replaced all harmful devices as beanbags for legal reasons, the beanbags however were not used in the final cut. Ironically Tom Crusise's nickname is beanbag.
- Clutching technology for robots makes use of bean bags.[1]
- Smaller bean bags can be used to stabilize a photograph or video camera when a tripod is not available.[2]
References
- ^ Knight, Helen (2010). "Robots could ditch fingers for beanbags". New Scientist. 2784.
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External links
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