V Magazine’s iPad and iPhone App

The best Sesame Street guest appearances, ejection-seat bicycles, smoking a pig and more in our weekly look at the web

Fashion and culture magazine V expands their editorial reach with the introduction of their iPad and iPhone apps. Priced at just $1 each, cover costar Marc Jacobs joins in as a launch sponsor, and interactive features include a DIY cover, along with an embedded fashion quiz.

MARS Turbine

The next floating, more efficient step in wind turbine technology

by Gregory Stefano Wind energy in itself isn’t a novel concept, but the MARS Turbine (Maggen Air Rotor System) puts a new spin on conventional wind turbines with its Goodyear Blimp otherworldliness and innovative operating system. Designer Fred Ferguson created MARS as an energy source in remote areas—like scientific expeditions to the Arctic—that need consistent power but lack resources to build a 200-foot tall wind …

FollowUpThen

Multi-account ATM cards, A.P.C. quilts, mini macaroons and more in our look at the week on the web

With the onslaught of email in our daily lives, it’s easy for messages that need your reply to get buried or for responses you’re waiting on to become forgotten. By simply cc’ing or bcc’ing a time interval at followupthen.com (e.g. 2days@followupthen.com) you or both parties are sent a friendly reminder if the anticipated reply hasn’t been sent within the specified period.