Welcome to Gizmodo Giveaways! This is the first edition of the weekly freebie fest, that brings you an ultimate selection of nifty tech-related gear. We are hitting it off with some sleek, protective …

This is the Jackling House—exactly how Steve Jobs has wanted it to look since he bought it in 1984, the year of the Macintosh launch. Demolished. Destroyed. Blown to smithereens. More &ra…

Your body responds to stress in many ways. It gives you bursts of energy, and a reduced response to pain. It lets you run faster and farther. It also entirely messes you up. Stress releases a batte…

I never thought I would live to see something like this: A hand held scanner that can detect if a patient is healthy or not just by pointing it at the skin. It seems out of Star Trek, but it is real an…

When I first came across this image, I thought it was from a lost Aliens scene. But it is real. That’s Staff Sgt. Sarah Mrak, from the 4th Special Operations Squadron. And she’s inside a U.S. Air Force…

I really wish I had the imagination to do this when I was in school. In fact, if I were the teacher and caught this guy, I would give him an A+ and a high five. Or a low five, given the circumstances. …

I like the idea of an iPhone nano. One with a small screen with the same resolution of an iPhone 3GS, powered by an A4 processor. I’d buy one. But a cloud-based iPhone doesn’t make any sense. Not right…

There’s a giant planet right here, hiding in our Solar System. One that nobody has ever seen, even while it is four times larger than Jupiter and has rings and moons orbiting it. At least, that’s what …

Can a cool gadget destroy your love? If it didn’t already, it will. Or something else will, anyway. Happy Valentines Day! [Thanks Karl!] More »

I was a print journalist and then a blogger. I dealt in words, few of them read, even fewer moving. And it’s taken me this long to realize that we live in a visual culture. The words are so much more …