Ultra-Strong Wallpaper Defeats Wrecking Ball

[John Funk]

Ultra-Strong Wallpaper Defeats Wrecking Ball

Tired of jerks knocking down your walls with construction equipment? New bomb-proof X-Flex wallpaper has you covered.

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Everybody has That One Guy in their life - you know, That One Guy who's such a jackass that if you had a crane and wrecking ball, you wouldn't hesitate to smash his house to bits? Don't pretend you don't know who That One Guy is. Unfortunately, even if you did have three hours with heavy construction equipment to do as you wished, if That One Guy's house is using X-Flex wallpaper, you're pretty much stuck - as seen in the video above.

X-Flex isn't flimsy paper crap, but rather sheets of "elastic polymer wrap" sandwiching a layer of Kevlar-esque material, that bonds so tightly to the wall it's on - and is yet still incredibly flexible - that it will help the wall keep its shape even if hit by bomb blasts, reports Pop Sci [http://www.popsci.com/bown/2009/product/x-flex-blast-protection-system]. Yes, you read that right - it's wallpaper that's stronger than the wall it's attached to.

The X-Flex technology is targeted at military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as other places where explosions are a conceivable risk, such as chemical plants. Which probably means that it'll be too expensive for mere civilians to purchase (at least for now) ... so actually, the odds that That One Guy will have it are pretty damn slim. Happy wrecking balling!

(Via Gizmodo [http://gizmodo.com/5406309/bomb%20proof-wallpaper-is-stronger-than-the-wall-it-papers])

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[HardRockSamurai]

Holy Shit! That wallpaper's gonna save lives!..............................or walls.............................

 

[DanielPowell33]

Thats so awesome. Screw digging a bomb shelter, just line your house with this stuff.

 

[Heart of Darkness]

Thats so awesome. Screw digging a bomb shelter, just line your house with this stuff.

Screw the wall, just build a HOUSE out of this stuff. And duct tape.

 

[orangebandguy]

Wow, that's quite an invention.

It's always strange what some people come up with. Brilliance no doubt, but strange.

 

[USSR]

...I guess the Kool-Aid man is out of business -.-

 

[Neonbob]

That is awesome.
Can we expect a duct tape version?
That's the only way I can think of to make it cooler.

One minor worry I have is children.
Sure,it may be bomb-proof, but I'll put money on some random toddler finding a way to ruin it if it ever becomes available to civilians.

EDIT:

...I guess the Kool-Aid man is out of business -.-

Thank you so much for that image.

 

[Wildrow12]

Those poor saps in the Red Faction games probably could have used some o' that.

 

[Wildrow12]

...I guess the Kool-Aid man is out of business -.-

OH YE--

OH GOD! MY JUG OF JUICE! THE HORROR!

 

[Aedes]

Holy molly dancing Jesus on the lake! A wallpaper that's stronger than the wall!

How about making clothes with that? Sure it won't be confortable but it's a bombproof shirt! Like, come on! How cool is that?

 

[Jonny49]

That is so awesome!

 

[The DSM]

So this is what they built the vaults out of in fallout....

 

[The Great JT]

But can they make it not look ugly?

 

[randommaster]

It's a shame that Billy Mays is dead because I could totally see him try to sell this.

 

[Nimbus]

How...helpful? Thankfully I don't live in Northern Ireland at the moment so bomb blasts aren't much of an issue, but it's nice to know it's there.

Oh snap!

You went there!

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

Thats so awesome. Screw digging a bomb shelter, just line your house with this stuff.

Unfortunately, no matter how strong your wallpaper is, it won't protect you from your house falling on you. I mean, the wrecking ball did take out the wall part.

 

[cobrausn]

Thats so awesome. Screw digging a bomb shelter, just line your house with this stuff.

Unfortunately, no matter how strong your wallpaper is, it won't protect you from your house falling on you. I mean, the wrecking ball did take out the wall part.

But if the wallpaper prevents the internal supports from blowing up in a well-constructed building, it essentially does make the building bomb-proof (for most definitions of bomb).
Then again, so does Pickup Bed Liner sprayed on the wall.

Cool stuff.