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Bomb-Proof Wallpaper Developed

Posted by samzenpus on from the radiation-shielding-curtains dept.

MikeChino writes "Working in partnership with the US Army Corp of Engineers, Berry Plastics has rolled out a new breed of bomb-proof wallpaper. Dubbed the X-Flex Blast Protection System, the wallpaper is so effective that a single layer can keep a wrecking ball from smashing through a brick wall, and a double layer can stop blunt objects (i.e. a flying 2×4) from knocking down drywall. According to its designers, covering an entire room takes less than an hour."

18 of 388 comments (clear)

  1. That's cool! by TheWizardTim · · Score: 5, Funny

    But will it blend?

    1. Re:That's cool! by larpon · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm changing my dekstop wallpaper to this immediately!

  2. how flexible is it? by rich3rd · · Score: 4, Funny

    i think i need underpants made out of this stuff.

    1. Re:how flexible is it? by Dante+Shamest · · Score: 3, Funny

      I find your needs disturbing.

    2. Re:how flexible is it? by FatLittleMonkey · · Score: 2, Funny

      I find the juxtaposition of "underpants" with Vader's "I find your (lack of faith) disturbing," to be mentally painful. Ow ow ow, force-balls.

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      Science is all about firing a drunk pig out of a cannon just to see what happens.
    3. Re:how flexible is it? by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's bomb-proof, not rocket-proof...

    4. Re:how flexible is it? by Macthorpe · · Score: 2, Funny

      I find your underpants lacking.

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      "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him." - Tolkien
  3. Now just need a bomb-proof wallpaper for windows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Might reduce the BSOD freq.

  4. New department for demolitions firms by The+Rizz · · Score: 4, Funny

    I just have to love any product that will require a whole new type of work for the demolitions industry - wallpaper remover! Would the job title be Interior Undecorator, or Interior Dedecorator?

  5. Ask Larry Niven... by happyslayer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe in the next movie, Superman (or "LL") could put in an order for condoms made out of this material. After all, it would certainly solve a lot of problems.

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    Never confuse movement with action. --Hemingway
  6. Re:Kevlar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You forgot the apostrophe in "tornado's",

  7. Re:Felt by rekenner · · Score: 2, Funny

    Also, really, as I said before... plate was invented after longbows. I mean. Really. Let that sink in. Longbow: ~1250AD. Plate? 1300s. Plate was the response to longbows in the arms race. Gaaaah.

  8. Re:Idle? AYB. by Yoozer · · Score: 5, Funny

    But what happens when you put a roof on, and you set up the bomb?

    Well, that's obvious and it was explained all over the internet, several years ago.You have no chance to survive. Make your time.

  9. Re:Idle? AYB. by DrMrLordX · · Score: 3, Funny

    All your wallpaper are belong to us.

  10. Re:Kevlar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Not to mention house's, seem's and debri's.

  11. Re:Idle? by wagnerrp · · Score: 3, Funny

    The phantom zone...

  12. Re:Idle? by gandhi_2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or just wrap the wrecking ball in this stuff, for safety purposes.

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    THL phish sticks
  13. Fucking dumb asses make some thing useful. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just give me a Bomb Proof house so i can decorate my walls the way i want... Frankly bombproof Wall paper is like giving someone bullet proof pepto-bismal.

    "Well sir you see the bullet did not enter your stomach; unfortunately everything around it has been severely damaged. But at-least it worked."