Blockbuster Inc. has teamed up with Samsung Electronics America, Inc., where their partnership is aimed at bringing more benefits to consumers at home. With their forces combined, they plan to enable consumers to access Blockbuster’s vast and growing library of premium digital entertainment through a range of new Samsung HDTVs, home theater systems and Blu-ray players. These new services will be available out later this fall, where millions of folks throughout America can expect to gain access to Blockbuster’s digital library of movies right in the comfort of their living room. In addition, as part of the agreement, Blockbuster OnDemand will have priority positioning on the Blu-ray interfaces.

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Everyday life can take a toll on even the most effective person, and for numerous home-based professionals who are currently juggling between the unique challenges associated with their particular work environments along with their personal life, the Signature Series Silent Touch Receiver Watch is here to help. What makes this device so special? Well, think about it for a second – what does a home-based professional do during a conference call when the doorbell or house phone suddenly rings? With the Signature Series Silent Touch Receiver Watch, you will be able to be alerted to the presence of visitors. More details to be available right after the jump.

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Internet routers are generally pretty boring, yeah they may have a few flashing lites but that’s about it. That could all be about to change thanks to London’s Goldsmiths University, who have created 4 pretty unique routers:

The first (pictured above) is the Route O’Clock, which uses colored lites to show the strength of the connection throughout the day.

This 24-hour clock creates a picture of the varying signal strength throughout the day, so people can make the most of their internet connection.

We have tons of juicy data about your experiences online. For example, we know the best times to connect to the web throughout the day. As demand for bandwidth grows, this information becomes increasingly useful. So, what better way to bring the subject to life than through our beautifully designed Rout O’clock? Complete with twenty-four glowing segments, the display indicates signal strength as time passes. In future, our customers could be able to choose the very best times to enjoy bandwidth-hungry activities like watching internet TV, or playing online games.

Next is the Energy Saver, this is a combination of router and key rack. It works by automatically turning the router off when the last set of keys is removed (assuming everybody has left the building and the Internet connection is no longer needed).

The other two routers are more about the design than function, the Hybrid and Jelly Fish. You can find more information and videos over on Future Routers, do you think routers like this could be the way of the future?

Phones are just about all the same thing over and over.  Yes, the high end phones have some cool features, but it’s the same type feel.  Not many really shake things up and make an attempt to really change things up.  This watch could never be defined as classy and it’s definitely not going to have as cool of features as your iPhone, but at least it is a little different from the rest.

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Considering the number of 3D movies in the theaters this summer, as well as those coming this holiday, one can’t help wonder if we are entering into a 3D era that will not end as abruptly as it did in the fifties.

Fujifilm has now announced that they are putting out a camera that can take 3D images. At first I thought that this was a camera that could produce prints that would be 3D, with certain glasses, but apparently, I was wrong.

According to my source, “to view the 3D images, users can put them on a special 3D enabled digital photo frame or print them with a special 3D printing process that needs no glasses to view”.

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We at Coolest Gadgets love to cover all things Lego around here. Whether it be the Lego USB Hub, the Lego Block Speaker Dock, or even Lego Rock Band, there is no toy that inspired us as children more than Lego!

So it is fitting that we report on the Block Calculator. It isn’t really an official Lego product, but certainly feels like one.

The Block Calculator measures at 5.5 x 2.5 x 1 inches, but I’m not certain if the studs (Lego-maniac’s term for the little bumpy parts) are actual Lego size. In other words, I’m not certain whether you can stick Lego bricks on top the calculator buttons.

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This is by far the most interesting looking laptop cooler I’ve seen around.  Sadly it goes under your laptop, so even though it looks really good, it’s not going to be seen a whole lot.  The odd shape of this USB cooler is inspired by an octopus.  Although I’d say it’s incredibly debatable as to whether or not it actually looks like an octopus.  It does at least draw one’s attention, all the while it keeps your laptop much more cool.

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Let me start by saying that I was amazed at the many numbers of comments that we had at the Wrist Watch Tattoo. Several of them said that telling time with an ever-changing digital tattoo on the wrist was a pure hoax, but some were believers.

I recently discovered another way of telling time with some ever changing digits, but this is designed for the wall. The Black & White clock features four separate OLED digits, each of them are on individual power.

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