Topic - The Daily What

The crafty folks over at Adafruit have come up with a "sneaker hack" that will make those circular badges on your high-top Chuck Taylors glow in the dark! Check out the video for a step-by-step instruction. Items required: two electroluminescent (EL) panels, two tiny inverters, a needle and thread.

Montreal-based video art collective Dent De Cuir highlights some of the most recognizable Internet memes and websites in the style of early 90s children's toy commercials.

Workers at the construction site of the World Trade Center complex used a GoPro camera to film the historic placement of One World Trade Center's spire last Friday, resulting in a beautiful bird's eye-view of the Manhattan skyline from the new tallest building in the Western Hemisphere (1,776 ft).

This is the "most accurate" bear driving simulator ever made. Wanna play? Head over to the official website and download the free PC version!

Say it ain't so! The uplifting Californian couple that performed what was thought to be a spontaneous karaoke duet as part of Jay Leno's Tonight Show "Pumpcast News" segment may have actually been hired actors, according to The Smoking Gun. According to the hoax killers, Will Sims and his wife Monifa have been pursuing careers in show business for sometime with Mrs. Sims having appeared on the same "Pumpcast News" segment before more than two years ago. Monifa has since responded to the alleg...

Extremely Decent, the LA-based comedy sketch group behind "The First Honest Cable Company" parody ad, explores what it would be like if Facebook brought about sweeping changes beyond your social networking profile page to your home in real life.

Eddie King and Tyler Marshall of the YouTube duo TeddieFilms reenact the many ways Star Wars characters eat in this parody of How Animals Eat Their Food.

Unlocking The Truth, a heavy metal band made of three 11-year-old kids, unleash an epic breakdown during their recent street band performance near a subway entrance in Times Square, New York City. Want more? Also check out their metal cover of The Star Spangled Banner!

Earlier this week, 105-year-old Pearl Cantrell of Richland Springs, Texas revealed her secret to a long life: bacon. She claims that because she eats the cured meat on a daily basis, she doesn't feel nearly as old as she is. After hearing about the three-day party in celebration of her momentous birthday, the cold cut produce company Oscar Mayer sent a Wienermobile to Cantrell's home to personally deliver the centenarian a supply of the cured meat.

Ever wonder what detrimental effect the Internet may be having on your brain? The Epipheo YouTube channel animated an interview with author Nicholas Carr, who argues that constant Internet use is harming our long term memory by over-stimulating and dividing our attention and that could be threatening our very humanity. To combat this, Epipheo recommends taking some time each day to unplug from the Internet and focus on a singular task.

As the decade-old cold kidnapping case of three women unraveled in Ohio yesterday, Cleveland resident Charles Ramsey who helped the three women escape from the captor's house quickly emerged as the hero of the day, not to mention his viral video fame that is already in the making.

Check out this compilation of heartwarming moments caught on dashboard cameras that will surely restore some of your faith in humanity (and in Russia to a lesser degree).

Comedian Josh Robert Thompson reads the infamous sorority girl e-mail rant in the voice of Morgan Freeman. Note: this video contains profane language; viewer discretion is advised.

Who knew drinking iced tea in a parking lot could get you arrested? This footage of a plain clothes police officer arresting a man who apparently refused to hand over his Arizona Iced Tea has been making the rounds today, with many viewers calling it out as a clear abuse of authority. As seen in the video, the arresting officer refuses to properly identify himself while confronting rapper Christopher "Xstrav" Beatty and subsequently tackles him to the ground and places him in handcuffs for "t...

Researchers at IBM have created the world's smallest stop-motion animation by moving carbon monoxide molecules under a scanning tunneling microscope frame by frame.

Watch the latest parody of Dove's viral "Real Beauty Sketches" ad campaign that explores how men view their own balls in contrast to what others see. As it turns out, men, too, are their own worst beauty critics. Note: this video contains some imageries that may not be suitable for workplace viewers or minors.

Over the weekend, Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson released his latest browser-based game Drop. Inspired by Terry Cavanaugh's 2012 game Super Hexagon and his apartment ceiling, Notch created the typing game in lieu of a submission to the rapid game creation competition Ludum Dare. Hat tip goes to BoingBoing!

A Tourette syndrome sufferer was prevented from boarding a plane for involuntarily ticking the word "bomb." While 19-year-old Michael Doyle was on his way to Puerto Rico for vacation, he found himself repeating the word due to the recent bombings in Boston, Massachusetts. Jet Blue released a statement reporting that Doyle had been deemed a "safety concern" by the plane's commanding pilot and were unable to promise that he would not face similar treatment in future boardings.

In celebrating the "Tornado Week," Weather Channel's brave interns are challenging Twitter users to literally "blow them away" with a simulated EF-5 tornado (at a speed of no less than 200 mph) by tweeting the hashtag #TornadoWeek one million times.

President Barack Obama has concocted a fail-proof plan to prevent his daughters from getting tattoos. In a recent interview with the Today Show, Obama suggested that if either Malia or Sasha tattooed themselves one day, he and First Lady Michelle Obama would immediately get matching ink and show them off on YouTube as a "family tattoo." Now that's what I call a deterrence policy!

Love may be blind, but it's not deaf. For those of you who constantly live in fear of others hearing your gross bodily noises in the bathroom, a mobile app has finally been made to sooth your troubled hearts. Developed and released by the Brazilian non-governmental organization Akatu, the "Fake Shower" iOS application emulates the noise of a running faucet or shower, all without wasting that precious H2O. It also keeps track of how much water has been saved as a result of using the app and ev...

In this eleventh-hour edition of Harlem Shake from Germany, a young man accidentally stumbles backward into a bonfire while trying out the viral dance craze. Luckily enough, the guy only suffered "a few blisters" from the fall, according to the original uploader.

Barbecue season is quickly approaching. What will you do this summer when you want to text or snap a photo while your hands are covered in sauce from a so-called finger food? Trongs are here to solve your problems. So-called "chopsticks on steroids," they're perfect for your next get together or for keeping your keyboard cheese-dust free during your next night blogging session.

You've probably never heard of these Coachella-goers' favorite bands, because they are too obscure to even exist! In the latest segment of Jimmy Kimmel's "Lie Witness News," concert-goers at this year's Coachella music festival are caught pretending to be fans of made-up band names, including our favorites "Get the F**k Out of My Pool," "Regis and the Philbin" and "The Chelsea Clintons."

Check out this meta-parody movie trailer for Home Without, Marleqta, a seriously serious indie film co-directed by "two guys who just attended the SXSW film festival" and made for this week's Film Fight challenge "Worst. Trailer. Ever."

In this latest compilation of video clips from Will Sasso's Vine feed, the 37-year-old jokester goes out on the road and shows off his classic Arnold Schwarzenegger impression, as previously seen on the sketch comedy television show Mad TV.

Good dad Ryan Hunley tries to help his baby girl August put on her seatbelt and the two-year-old tells him off in the most adorable manner.

Tenth graders Kendra and Meredith from Fall River, Nova Scotia recently took a top prize the Canadian Space Agency's Science Challenge with a washcloth-wringing experiment. As part of their prize, Col. Chris Hadfield, currently living in the International Space Station, made a video showing exactly what happens when a person tries to wring out a washcloth in zero gravity.

The Huffington Post brings this painfully awkward supercut of politicians talking about "rap music" and a few even reciting the lyrics. Some of the highlights include Utah Senator Orrin Hatch reading the lyrics from "Hits From the Bong" by Cypress Hill, Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman breaking down the semantics of "slapping a h*" and Florida Representative Dean Cannon quoting the song "99 Problems" by Jay-Z.

Today, New Zealand became the thirteenth country to legalize gay marriage after the Parliament voted 77 to 44 on an amendment to their 1955 marriage laws. Upon the formal announcement, many people in the crowd as well as a few lawmakers spontaneously burst into singing the traditional Māori love song "Pokarekare Ana."

On March 18th, 2013, the trial of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell began in Philadelphia. According to the Grand Jury report, Kermit Gosnell, who has been charged with eight counts of murder, allegedly severed the spinal cords of 28 and 30 weeks old fetuses in his office where investigators later found dirty surgical instruments and blood on the floor. Gosnell's trial went seemingly unnoticed by news media until March 27th, when the Washington Post analyzed why the case of a doctor charged with...

Thanks to a team of modders from SourceMod, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players can trade in their characters' guns for controllers. Hosted on the Reflex Gamers server, this mod places a SNES into the Office level of the 2012 first-person shooter. The character can find the cartridge for a round of Super Mareo Bruhs, ignoring the gunshots around them while they guide a familiar-looking plumber through some coin collecting.

Musical instrument craftsman Vinnie Veen presents his latest invention "the Cobra," a wireless and eco-friendly speakerphone amplifier for iPhone 4 and 5. For order inquiries, contact Veen directly via e-mail.

This man has somehow mastered ninja-LOLing, the art of laughing out loud without even cracking a smile.

It's here. What's the verdict?

Brighten up your Friday with this silly parody of Village People's 1978 hit single "YMCA" featuring a gorilla quintet, brought to you by the YouTube puppet show Glove and Boots.

Becky Stern of DIY electronics website Adafruit Industries created this oversized plush game controller using a wearable electronics platform, FLORA and some conductive fabric. Thinking about making your own? The pattern is available for free on Adafruit and watch the video above for a step-by-step walkthrough with Stern!

"Sure, I'll play along with your little game," said no cat ever.

Have you ever seen scallops in their natural habitat?

After Anaïs Bordier, a French student living in London, saw American actress Samantha Futerman in a YouTube video, she noticed a striking resemblance to herself. She found one of Futerman's personal vlogs about being adopted, leading Bordier to find the two girls had the same birthday. After sending Futerman a Facebook message, the two realized they might be long lost twin sisters. Through Twitter, Skype and Facebook messenger, the girls have been using social media to cactch up on the first ...

Check out this 3D printed GlaDOS lamp from the Portal series! Wanna make your own? Download the 3D prints over at Thingiverse and check out the assembly instructions at Instructables.