August 2011 IssueScienceTransforming sound for sci-fi: How Transformers' effects were createdBy Oliver Franklin-WallisScience'Sigas': Santander's friendly bank botsBy João MedeirosScienceHow Embrace's infant warmer can save livesBy João MedeirosBusinessOneFineStay offers an alternative to bland hotels: private homesBy João MedeirosBusinessRussell M Davies: Make things, not media platformsBy Russell M DaviesCultureMark Changizi: The secret sauce in language and musicBy Mark ChangiziCulturePaul Bennun: 'Transmedia' holds back storytellingBy Paul BennunScienceEmanuel Derman: 'There's no value in pragmamorphism'By Emanuel Derman