The bubble wrap on your desk was supposed to be wallpaper, then a greenhouse liner, before a desperate IBM shipping problem rescued it from oblivion. The post Bubble wrap was originally invented in 1957 as textured wallpaper, failed completely, was relaunched as greenhouse insulation, failed again, and only became a packaging material when IBM needed to ship a new computer three years later appeared first on Space Daily .
Bubble wrap was originally invented in 1957 as textured wallpaper, failed completely, was relaunched as greenhouse insulation, failed again, and only became a packaging material when IBM needed to ship a new computer three years later
