LinkNotes: X-Flex Blast Protection System

Bomb-Proof Wallpaper Could Save You in a Natural Disaster

Imagine: a hurricane is barreling towards your house, but instead of hiding in the basement, you can stay safely and comfortably in your living room, all thanks to your X-Flex Blast Protection System wallpaper. It’s not a fantasy; the wallpaper, invented by Berry Plastics in a partnership with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, actually exists — and a single sheet is strong enough to stop a wrecking ball.

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Best Of What's New 2009: Bombproof Wallpaper Test

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X-FLEX is a revolutionary advanced composite film tape that is used to reinforce and retrofit CMU, brick and other external wall surfaces. Developed cooperatively by leading researchers, scientists and engineers from US Army Corps of Engineers (ERDC) and Berry Plastics, X-FLEX is specifically engineered to protect structures that may be subject to acts of terrorism such as blast events or catastrophic occurrences.