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National Save Your Hearing Day – Can You Hear Me Now?

Do you find yourself asking people to speak up? Unfortunately, age-related hearing loss is common—affecting 30 percent of adults aged 65-74 according to the National Institutes of Health. But hearing...

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Your Urge To Splurge Is About To Surge

Go ahead, indulge yourself…today is National Splurge Day. Consider it time for a little laid-back pampering or your opportunity for something totally outrageous. Your splurge can be spontaneous or...

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The Sky(lab) is Falling, the Sky(lab) is Falling!

In July 1979, the nation was obsessed with listening to cassette tapes on Sony’s new Walkman, watching the Wimbledon wins of Bjorn Borg and Martina Navratilova…and calculating the odds that space...

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Google Search engine celebrates 15 years with a candy bar.

From a Silicon Valley garage to a name so synonymous with searching, it’s become a commonly used verb…today marks Google’s 15th anniversary. The company began as an outgrowth of a research project by...

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New York’s Gray Lady Celebrates Her Birthday

For 162 years, The New York Times has delivered the news to more people than any other local metropolitan newspaper. The paper was founded on this day in 1851 (three years after our business was...

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Hammacher Schlemmer’s Landmark Store Offers a Fresh Look at Innovation

On Wednesday, November 20th, 2013, Hammacher Schlemmer will unveil its newly renovated landmark store in downtown Manhattan. The reimagined space features updated lighting, modernized display cases,...

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Robots Compete to Help Save Lives—and Win a $2 Million Prize

Androids – not phones, but robots – will convene near Miami on December 20 when 17 teams from around the world face off for a chance at a $2 million prize in a competition sponsored by the Defense...

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Snow Time Like the Present to Get Ready for Winter

Today is the first official day of winter…and already the National Weather Service reports that more than 50% of the U.S. is covered by snow, with an average depth of 3.7″. What’s more, much of the...

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Adding a New Dimension to Doodling

Do you like to doodle? How would you like to doodle in 3D? The World’s First 3D Printing Pen lets you create three-dimensional freehand plastic drawings. Instead of releasing ink, this pen extrudes...

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Turning a New Page in Our History of Innovation

At Hammacher Schlemmer, we take great pride in being the first to bring you revolutionary new technologies, usually via the pages of our long-running catalog. But with our First Augmented Reality...

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Vision Health is Key – Do You See What We’re Saying?

This month is National Eye Exam Month, time to give thought to what we can do to improve our vision health, including a professional examination. Your eyes are among your most important assets, and...

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