For all you materials enthusiasts out there, Blaine Brownell's excellent Transmaterial is finally coming out in print in February. Since you can't download his draft anymore, maybe his new book-companion blog will tide you over until then. Transstudio doesn't disappoint, always uncovering the strangest things never available at Home Depot. This month: Acousticel recycled rubber insulation, Veriflex shape-memory polymers, and Powermoon's enormous outdoor balloon-lamps.