Heroes and Friends of Gizmodo

Contributing Astronaut:
Leroy Chiao

King of the Food Nerds:
Alton Brown

Model Post-Human:
Aimee Mullins

Science Guy:
Bill Nye

Experimental Surfer Dude:
Laird Hamilton

War Photo Ace:
Teru Kuwayama

Some Guy Who Wrote Us a Guest Blog:
Bill Gates

Our Spiritual Mascot:
Woz

Masters of the Science of Yum:
Nick Kokonas and Grant Achatz

King of Vacuums:
Sir James Dyson