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Electronic Endless Bubble Wrap Popping Device: Goodbye, Stress

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Stress: it’s a silent killer. Ninjas too. And what better way to relieve a little stress and anxiety than popping bubble wrap? Introducing the ∞ Bubble Wrap AIR from Bandai (affiliate link), an electronic device that mimics the popping of bubble wrap, with just the right amount of tactile pressure needed to press a bubble, resulting in a satisfying “POP” from the integrated speaker. You know, just ten times louder than regular bubble wrap. WHAT? I CAN’T HEAR YOU.

Not only is the device ten times louder than regular bubble wrap, but at random intervals, it also plays one of seven different sounds upon a successful bubble pop, including a cat meowing and baseball hit. That’s… weird. Of course, we’re talking about an electronic bubble wrap popper, so I guess normal flew out the window a long time ago.

I’m seriously considering buying one. Because one time I was so stressed about work I popped an entire roll of bubble wrap before the employees at the UPS Store were finally able to push me out the door. Now, whenever I need to send a package I have to use FedEx.

[via Sora News 24]

Anti-Stress Push Pop Pads: Like Bubble Wrap, Without the Pop

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Stressed out? I think we all are these days. You need an outlet for that stress, or it will eat you up like the shark in Jaws. Enter these anti-stress Push Pop Pads, a stress-reliever and fidget toy for people like me who recognize they’re entirely too uncoordinated to operate a fidget spinner.

Available as $16 two-packs in a variety of shapes and colors, the silicone pads are lined with bubble wrap like dots that can be pushed, making an “audibly satisfying click” as they are, melting your stress away like a scoop of ice cream on a sidewalk in August (alternatively, there are these electronic bubble wrap poppers).

Did you know that according to a very questionable survey paid for by the makers of Bubble Wrap® that popping their product for 60 seconds can provide the stress relief equivalent of a 33-minute massage? Because I call shenanigans on that, especially considering I just popped bubble wrap for five whole minutes and still have a back full of knots and have to do my taxes.

[via BoingBoing]

This 2018 Bubble Wrap Calendar Will Make Next Year Really Pop!

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So, the year is coming to an end soon. It sure has been a great one. Well, maybe not great, but hey at least it wasn’t boring. But of course, you’ll need a new calendar soon and what better way to relax in the coming year than with a bubble wrap calendar.

It works like any regular calendar, January goes first, and December is last; but this one let’s you pop your days away, which is way more fun than crossing them out with a marker.

Of course, the only issue would be resisting the urge to pop more than one day at a time. You could spend a minute popping blindly and accidentally end up erasing August. But then again, the year will fly by so fast anyway, and then before you know it, 2019 is ending, then 2020, then 2021, 2030, 2050, and then…death.

….$25 on Amazon.

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Guy Makes Unpoppable Bubble Wrap Drink Coasters

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Bubble wrap is crazy amazing stuff. Popping it’s bubbles is both calming and addictive. There are some people who love bubble wrap so much that they would put it all over their walls and surfaces. For those people, check out these Unpoppable Bubble Wrap Drink Coasters.

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These are unpoppable, so that’s kinda torturous for those who like to pop this stuff, but still, it looks just like the stuff you love, in coaster form. They were made by YouTuber Peter Brown of Shop Time, who created them by covering the wrap in clear epoxy, then cutting them into the shape of coasters, and peeling out the original bubble wrap. That simple process creates some unique coasters that will tease your need for popping bubbles.

Check out the video of Peter making these coasters if you want to try it yourself.

[via The Awesomer via Geekologie]

Bubble Pop Calendar

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This calendar is still awesome. Bubble wrap has been on our minds lately as we pack up all the outgoing packages from our shop (check it out- great holiday gifts) and see the year getting close to the end. It’s the classic Bubble Calendar. Not only is it a fun way to keep track of the date, it’s also an exercise in self restraint.
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You only get to pop one bubble each day but it’s oh so satisfying to do so, right? You could leave it in your office and come back over the weekend for the coveted triple bubble pop. Pop pop pop. A great way to pop out the stress of your daily commute.
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It even comes in a nice looking box for 2015. Hangs on the wall and measures 48″ H x 15 1/2″ W. Just keep your compulsive co-workers away from it.
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Bubble Wrap Suit: An Outfit That Pops!

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Look popping, not smashing, when you don the Bubble Wrap suit over whatever it is you’re currently wearing. It’s a suit made from bubble wrap that you can actually pop–although you probably shouldn’t, because you’ll only end up with a deflated suit at the end of the day. The blazer comes with a hood and Velcro closure, while the pants have an elastic waistband to so you’re snug and comfy.

Or, well, as snug and comfy as you’ll ever be in a bubble wrap suit.

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It’s available from Vat19 for $14.99.

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Bubble Wrap Oven Mitt: Poppin’ Fresh

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Bubble wrap is very handy for packing and protecting fragile items. It’s also great for stress relief. It’s even useful for making art and clothing. But using bubble wrap to take hot pans out of the oven normally results in a pile of melted goo, along with third-degree burns. Unless you’re talking about this special mitt, that is.

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The whimsical minds at Fred & Friends designed this protective silicone oven mitt that looks just like you wrapped your hand in bubble wrap. Unfortunately, you can’t actually pop the bubbles on the Poppin’ Hot Oven Mitt, but then again, you wouldn’t want to have to replace your oven mitt every day either.

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You can get the Poppin’ Hot Oven Mitt over at Perpetual Kid for $17.09(USD). And in case you were thinking you could DIY instead, don’t.

[via The Green Head via bookofjoe via Laughing Squid]

Bubble Wrap Bike: Ride the Stress Away

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Popping bubble wrap is pretty calming. It’s an unconventional means to deal with anger or frustration, but hey, it works and it’s way cheaper than a session with a therapist.

Taking bubble wrap to the next level is LA-based comedy “imaginator” Eric Buss, who came up with the fascinating contraption that’s aptly called the Bubble Wrap Bike.

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The bicycle isn’t made of bubble wrap, although bubble wrap is a huge component of it. The front of the bike is outfitted to hold and dispense a sheet of bubble wrap as the rider goes along. The bike’s wheels run over the bubble wrap with each push to the pedal, popping it along the way.

It’s weird, it’s strange, it’s all about bubble wrap and I think it’s amazing in a cool-but-I’d-never-ride-this-myself sort of way.

On a side note, what a waste of good bubble wrap!

[via Reddit and DPaF via Laughing Squid]

Mugen Puchi (Bubble Wrap Popping) iPhone Case

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Is there anyone who doesn’t love the addicting pleasure of popping the little bubbles in bubble wrap? It would be great, if not slightly impractical, to carry around sheets of bubble wrap with you at all times to pop when you get the urge. Well you can, sort of, with the Mugen Puchi iPhone 5 Case. This case from Japan has “bubbles” on the back that you can endlessly pop at all times. Because you know you can’t resist.

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Bubble Wrap Portraits: Pop Art, Literally.

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Some people relieve their stress by popping bubble wrap. Others exercise their creativity and showcase their talent by creating portraits using bubble wrap. And by ‘others’, we mean artist Bradley Hart.

He probably had to buy rolls and rolls of the stuff and he clearly spent a lot of time working on his project. But I think his efforts paid off, because just take a look at what he made. This here is a bubble wrap portrait of Steve Jobs.

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Not that you needed me to tell you, because you were probably able to recognize him on your own.

What Bradley did was fill syringes with certain colors of acrylic paint. He then painstakingly injected different colored paint into various bubbles on the huge sheet of bubble wrap to create his unique portraits.

Pixels on computer screens store our memories with social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The process of injecting bubble wrap with paint in order to create one coherent picture, references pixilation as a combination of 1’s and 0’s that result in an image for us to consume.
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Bradley’s What? Where? When? Why? How? series of bubble wrap portraits will be on display at New York’s gallery nine5 until March 26, 2013. Do drop by if you’re in the area.

[via My Modern Met via Dvice]