ioSafe makes hard drives are that are virtually indestructible as seen from the video above and also at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8449893.stm.
Eye-Fi has come up with a memory chip that has endless memory! Well rather "with Endless Memory Mode, your Eye-Fi card will automatically free up space once your photos and videos have been safely delivered", more details at http://www.eye.fi/products/prox2.
Both are products I would certainly look to add to my existing hardware, the home PC and my digital camera.