Anyway to go from camcorder to portable hard drive direct - no computer?

I'm planning a vacation where my family will likely shoot thousands of pics. I don't really want to carry my laptop in order to dump the images and I don't want to buy lots of memory cards. Is there any device out there that is essentially a portable hard drive that has built in software that will allow me to somehow download my images from my still cameras and even my movies without having to be attached to a computer? If not, this seems like a very real need for travelers.
Any advice would be appreciated.

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projects.
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