My personal favorite for the small to mid-sized office. This device makes it easy to slip a document into the slot of the tube-like scanner, which typically sits  between your keyboard and monitor. When you slip the paper in, the software appears on your screen automatically, allowing you to "drop" a scanned image of the document into a subdirectory on your hard drive, print it, perform an OCR conversion on it, e-mail it, etc., all by "pulling" the image to a corresponding icon on the toolbar. Small enough to carry in a briefcase. Approximately $150-250, depending on model.

Very nice and very small optical mouse. Great to throw into a briefcase so you don't have to struggle with a touchpad. Available at BestBuy for around $50.00.

Great foldable lap desk. Provides ventilation for those big power hungry 17" screen machines. Has friction pad so mouse can roll. Fits in a briefcase or camera bag so you can pull it out and work in your car, stadium, on the boat, etc. About $30.00.

This is a neat but not inexpensive camera for use as a Web cam or just for video confernces. The main feature which attracted me was the face tracking feature which allows it to pan and zoom, so your face stays in the frame while you move around. Has a built in microphone and 1.3 megapixel capture at 640 X 480. There are much cheaper and more powerful Web cams out there, but this combination of features makes this one a pretty neat choice. Installed easily. About $130.00

Mine is gray and white (FX200-USB) but this is a picture of a very versatile and very small keyboard you can stick in your pocket. Handy to extend usefulness of a laptop, etc. They have versions for connection to PDAs. About $40.00