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Kevlar Wallpaper Protects Against Bombs, Wild Parties

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By Evan Ackerman

There are two places where bomb-proof wallpaper would come in really, really handy: war zones, and college. I guess college is less deadly most of the time, but you also don’t have the US Government offering to step in and pay for replacement drywall after your roommate decides that it would be fun to try and kick his way through to the adjoining room by swinging from your bunk bed. Thanks, Logan.

X-Flex wallpaper is made from a “Kevlar-like material” (Kevlar itself being a trademark of DuPont, in case you were wondering) sandwiched between an elastic polymer wrap. It’s lightweight, portable, and a cinch to install relative to the protection it offers: you just peel off the back, stick it to the wall, and bolt it to the ceiling and floor and you’re done. You can even wallpaper or paint over it if you don’t like the color. Popular Science put X-Flex to the test with a wrecking ball as you’ll see in the video below, but to forestall any objections, you can also see X-Flex withstanding an actual bomb blast on their website.

For those of you who are especially paranoid, it’s certainly worth mentioning that X-Flex is not actually intended to protect against ballistics, like bullets or shrapnel, just blasts and blunt impacts like bombs and drunken roommates. A commercial version of the military grade wallpaper is due out next year.

[ X-Flex ] and [ PopSci ] VIA [ DVICE ]

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  1. mcman Avatar
    mcman

    I can think of a million things to do with this stuff.

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    Anonymous

    If they could make this with a aluminum foil coating, that would take care of all of my needs…

    Take that you darn aliens…

  3. Jessicat Avatar
    Jessicat

    I'm so wallpapering my next house with this stuff. That is amazing. Actually I know a couple of houses at the end of T sections that should look into this stuff. They have drunk drivers or accident driven cars enter their house often.

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    robroot

    Add this to vehicles and you have a better bomb resistant car, truck, humvee…

  5. Zotel Avatar

    Good blunt force trauma protection – they should put this in drywall for rowdy kids. Or doors for panic rooms…

  6. robroot Avatar
    robroot

    Add this to vehicles and you have a better bomb resistant car, truck, humvee…

  7. Zotel Avatar

    Good blunt force trauma protection – they should put this in drywall for rowdy kids. Or doors for panic rooms…

  8. woodworking project plans Avatar

    That is amazing. Actually I know a couple of houses at the end of T sections that should look into this stuff.

  9. Mold Remediation Avatar

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  10. Mold Remediation Avatar

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