Every few weeks, the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog bestows a new, often ridiculous, invention upon the world: the dog dung vacuum, the deep frying portable grill, the hovercraft. The 164-year-old ...

You guys read about gadgets all day, right? Some of you probably have great ideas for products you’d like to see that haven’t been invented yet. If you share those ideas with Hammacher Schlemmer you ...

Above, clockwise from top left: The Red Light Levitating Bluetooth Speaker, Your Personal Einstein Genius Homework Robot, the Hypnotic Jellyfish Aquarium, the Indoor Flameless Marshmallow Roaster, the ...

Looking to buy a nose hair trimmer, wearable neck air conditioner or holographic fish tank from the always quirky Hammacher Schlemmer catalog? Time may be running out. Last week, the Chicago company ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NILES, Ill. — In its 169th year, Hammacher ...

The 175-year-old catalog-based retailer Hammacher Schlemmer, known for its unexpected and unique merchandise, has initiated going-out-of-business sales, so anyone in the market for a remote-controlled ...

So the guitar craze due to Guitar Hero and Rock Band are probably causing large numbers of guitars to go quickly out the doors at music stores around the nation, but large numbers don't always equal ...

Hammacher Schlemmer sells some very strange products and some very cool products. The company has announced a new product that is both strange and cool called the Thermodynamic Cell Phone Charger. The ...

Hammacher Schlemmer is known for some creative products, from tailgate hammocks to a backyard zipline kit. And now the company is selling this $500 Bunyanesque Hammock that can hold five 200 pounds ...

I am not a rich man. I am not an old man. I am not confined to my apartment. Yet every autumn, I spend countless hours poring over a high-end shopping catalog. The first issue arrives in late October.