Hammacher Schlemmer

Save Your Legs With This Self-Balancing Briefcase Unicycle

Honda has been demoing its sitting Segways for years now, but the Hammacher Schlemmer version has one crucial advantage over them: it’s actually for sale. So instead of just being tantalized by a future where legs are an unnecessary human feature, we’re now officially living it. https://gizmodo.com/in-hondas-future-we-are-all-rolling-meat-puppets-5511794 You’ll pay dearly for the privilege of surrendering…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 16

This Speaker-Packed Wagon Redefines A Party On Wheels

Forget pulling a wagon filled with kids. If you really want to enjoy a day at the beach you’ll hit the sand with this speaker-packed wagon in tow. A pair of 12-volt batteries power the Blastmaster XL’s 2,000 watt sound system for up to 40 hours of non-stop partying, and yes, it comes with cup…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Mar 22

Perfect Posture Can’t Be Worth a Chair This Awkward

Deep down we all know we’re doing terrible things to our spines by slouching down in our office chairs. But if this posture-perfecting chair is the solution to avoiding a sore back at the end of the day, the cure might actually be worse than the disease. Touted as the “Optimal Posture Office Chair,” this…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Feb 27

A Wireless Connection To Your PC Makes This Ancient Calculator Still Useful

Unless you hang around accountants all day, you probably haven’t seen a desktop calculator like this in ages. But amongst number crunchers they’re still popular, and this model might even stave off extinction for a while longer thanks to the addition of a wireless connection to a PC. An included USB dongle and a dedicated…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 19

Composite Fiber Pogo Stick Inspires a Whole New Generation to Break Their Necks

Like the hoop and stick or the ball and cup, the pogo stick is another children’s toy that just hasn’t been able to compete with video games and other electronic distractions. But you know what’s sure to get kids bouncing again? A pogo stick with a composite fiber bow spring capable of launching them up…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 28

Here’s the Saddest Batman Utility Belt Ever

You can forget about fighting crime and ridding the streets of super villains when all you’re willing to spend on your utility belt is $60. Because with this flashlight fanny pack the only way you’ll be able to serve your city is to help residents find lost remotes under their couches, or maybe help someone…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Sep 7

Jeopardy Home Game Will Expose How Stupid You Really Are

When you’re watching Jeopardy and playing along at home, it’s easy to ignore the endless run of questions you get wrong because you’re not keeping score. Such is not the case with this home version of the game. It keeps track of just how ignorant you really are—so it’s a good idea to maybe only…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Aug 30

Kid-Sized Baby Grand Teaches Wannabe Schroeders

If your kid starts showing some musical promise while banging away on a toy piano, it might be time to upgrade them to something better suited to sharpen their skills. But before you go all out on a baby grand, consider this electronic ‘baby’ baby grand that actually teaches them to play. A set of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Aug 23

An Electric Beach Cruiser for the Supremely Lazy

Maybe this would be an acceptable form of transport for the likes of Marlon Brando or Alfred Hitchcock, but for anybody else it simply declares, “Hello world! I’m too lazy to pedal or balance!” At least it’s only three grand. The Beachcombing Electric Tricycle, besides being embarrassing to say out loud, by Hammacher Schlemmer is…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Apr 24

Crazy Four Player Ping Pong Adds Elements Of Pool

In the grand tradition of Calvinball, this four player table tennis setup looks like it borrows elements from other games. Including ping pong and billiards; mashing them up into a new creation that’s ready to destroy friendships. Unlike doubles table tennis where players on each side work together to score points, it’s every person for…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jan 15

This Off-Road Tricycle Is the Most Bad-Ass Way To Rule the Playground

I’m not encouraging anyone to act like a bully on their local playground, but if you’re not quite at the age where you can handle a two-wheeled bike yet, this monster truck tricycle will certainly win you some respect. Hand-welded from fourteen and sixteen-gauge steel tubing, the tricycle tackles any terrain with a large sixteen-inch…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Dec 3

This Motorized Big Wheel Looks All Sorts of Deadly

Do you have more money than sense? Really? Fantastic! That qualifies you to purchase this 60HP, three-wheeled contraption from Hammacher Schlemmer for a mere $75,000. Dubbed the Lean Mean Green Machine, this nine-foot long, gas-powered tricycle sports a fixed 45-inch front wheel with the rear wheels controlling the steering via two handheld levers. Gear changes…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Oct 18

Virtual Reality Goggles for the iPhone Turn 2D Content Into “3D”

Good ol’ Hammacher Schlemmer—they’ve taken one company’s outlandish idea of a virtual reality viewer for the iPhone, and turned it into a $50 contraption nobody will buy. It comes with free 3D downloads and games that “come to life” when the iPhone/iPod Touch is slipped inside the viewer. Just be careful when that great white…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Aug 18

This Slip ‘N Slide Hockey Rink Will Give You A Good Time, Bloody Knees

Hockey is probably not the safest of sports to play while sliding around a water-soaked mat on your knees, wearing nothing but a skimpy bathing suit for protection. But that doesn’t mean it might be a blast to try it that way! The Water Soaked Knee Hockey Rink pictured above is lined with 30 tiny…

Tech News Alyssa Bereznak Jul 26

The Elliptical Machine Office Desk: Out, Work Workout!

It’s a desk chair! It’s an elliptical machine! It’s an embarrassment! Ye gods, Hammacher Schlemmer, what have you unleashed this time? And who on earth is going to pony up $8,000 for it? The latest contraption from the famed automated hammocks and sundries company combines a semi-recumbent elliptical chair and an desk of adjustable height,…

Tech News Brian Barrett Jun 28

Arm-Friendly Pillow

Fellow arm sleepers, a new dawn is upon us. For just $100, we can alleviate the several tons of pressure that our massive craniums place upon our arms. That, or our pillows now have a hoagie compartment. [HammacherSchlemmer via NerdApproved]

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 21

Why Tilt Your Head When You Can Bend Your Vision?

Reading while flat on your back’s difficult. You need to either prop up your head or hold the book awkwardly above your face. Why go through that when you can use these glasses to “bend your vision” and remain supine? Sold by Hammacher Schlemmer, the Supine Reading Glasses use “two optical-quality glass prisms that bend…

Books & Comics Rosa Golijan Feb 15

May God Have Mercy on the Superplexus Puzzle

I can’t imagine the $30,000 Superplexus puzzle as a real product. All I see is a boy who’s trapped some sort of ligneous, sapient life form in a sphere. And he’s spinning it, slowly. [HammacherSchlemmer via TheGreenHead via OhGizmo!]

Tech News Mark Wilson Feb 12

The Autonomous Saucier Can Stir Your Hollandaise All Night Long (Well, For 4 Hours)

This isn’t just for the laydees of Gizmodo. Men make sauces too! And with a name like “Autonomous Saucier,” it’s practically using robot technology, right? The little sauce-stirrer has stainless steel legs and with speeds for perpetual standing-upright whizzing. Powered by four AA batteries it’ll stir for up to four hours, but with the average…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Jan 26

The Only Digital Photo Frame That Makes Sense In This Cruel, Non-Analogue World

Digital photo frames, schmigital schmoto frames. I wouldn’t give this model a second look if it weren’t for the fact that it’s packing a FRICKIN’ INTEGRATED PHOTO SCANNER. Maybe I’m overreacting, but for those of us with heaps of photos lying around in cardboard boxes, this $199.99 frame is a great idea. Of course, you…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Dec 29

Save Your Legs With This Self-Balancing Briefcase Unicycle

This Speaker-Packed Wagon Redefines A Party On Wheels

Perfect Posture Can’t Be Worth a Chair This Awkward

A Wireless Connection To Your PC Makes This Ancient Calculator Still Useful

Composite Fiber Pogo Stick Inspires a Whole New Generation to Break Their Necks

Here’s the Saddest Batman Utility Belt Ever

Jeopardy Home Game Will Expose How Stupid You Really Are

Kid-Sized Baby Grand Teaches Wannabe Schroeders

An Electric Beach Cruiser for the Supremely Lazy

Crazy Four Player Ping Pong Adds Elements Of Pool

This Off-Road Tricycle Is the Most Bad-Ass Way To Rule the Playground

This Motorized Big Wheel Looks All Sorts of Deadly

Virtual Reality Goggles for the iPhone Turn 2D Content Into “3D”

This Slip ‘N Slide Hockey Rink Will Give You A Good Time, Bloody Knees

The Elliptical Machine Office Desk: Out, Work Workout!

Arm-Friendly Pillow

Why Tilt Your Head When You Can Bend Your Vision?

May God Have Mercy on the Superplexus Puzzle

The Autonomous Saucier Can Stir Your Hollandaise All Night Long (Well, For 4 Hours)

The Only Digital Photo Frame That Makes Sense In This Cruel, Non-Analogue World

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