Gizmonic Institute was a top research laboratory. The institute was a large building, shaped as both a gear and the letter 'G'. It stood about seven floors above ground, with at least 13 sub-basements. The institute had research and development in almost everything from bio-spheres to orbiting satellites, with advanced materials such as high-density Kevlar and molybdenum (as evidenced by the materials Joel scavenged to create Crow T. Robot.