List Products You Wouldn't Expect a Tech Company/Certain Tech Company to sell

[billcxsby]

For example, I didn't know/expect samsung to sell laptops, i was kind of suprised. 

 

Products that seem unexpected; for example, a microwave company that sells televisions or refridgerators (idk)

[Spotty]

I was surprised to learn that Apple sold castor wheels.

[imreloadin]

Well Hitachi (the original makers of the HGST hard drives before they sold that to Western Digital) also makes a "personal massager" which everyone uses as a sex toy so there is that

[StDragon]

4 minutes ago, imreloadin said:

Well Hitachi (the original makers of the HGST hard drives before they sold that to Western Digital) also makes a "personal massager" which everyone uses as a sex toy so there is that

It's Japanese, so it's to be expected. 

[ARikozuM]

GE... 

selling...

f#cking...

Terminator 2's...

best scene... 

 

 

[ARikozuM]

Just now, StDragon said:

It's Japanese, so it's to be expected. 

Japan... The only country that incorporates a sex toy into literally everything. OMG EVEN THE SEX TOY HAS ITS OWN SEX TOY!

[zassou]

not a flamethrower

[StDragon]

The SGR-A1 is an automated sentry gun (an "aim bot") to be deployed on the Korean DMZ. It was developed by Samsung.

[imreloadin]

3 minutes ago, StDragon said:

It's Japanese, so it's to be expected. 

Actually, Hitachi hated having it used for that purpose according to sources. below is an excerpt from the "Rebranding" section.

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Because of its concerns about having its notable technology brand name attached to a popular sex toy, Hitachi decided to cease production of the Magic Wand in 2013.^[11] Vibratex director of operations Eddie Romero told Engadget that Hitachi is an extremely staid company and was uncomfortable being associated with the best-selling masturbation aid.^[11] Vibratex persuaded Hitachi to continue manufacturing the device, to rename it the "Original Magic Wand", to use lighter, more durable materials, and to omit any reference to Hitachi.^[11] The newly named device returned to the market on 25 June 2013, with improved engineering and modified graphic design on its accompanying box.^[19][71] It was sold as the "Original Magic Wand Vibrator" by Good Vibrations.^[71]

 

[ARikozuM]

4 minutes ago, imreloadin said:

Actually, Hitachi hated having it used for that purpose according to sources. below is an excerpt from the "Rebranding" section.

Imagine being uncomfortable with any best-selling product. 

[billcxsby]

24 minutes ago, VegetableStu said:

oh yeah that's barely the tip of the iceberg there ._. go ask a korean on what else do they do

cut their steak using scissors

[billcxsby]

15 minutes ago, StDragon said:

The SGR-A1 is an automated sentry gun (an "aim bot") to be deployed on the Korean DMZ. It was developed by Samsung.

samsung got sum cool technology tho fr, have you seen their robots?

[StDragon]

14 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Imagine being uncomfortable with any best-selling product. 

Considering it was a best-selling product, I doubt it was uncomfortable for the purchaser 

[atxcyclist]

Slightly related fun-facts:

 

GE sells clothes dryers, and nuclear reactors.

Hyundai is the worlds largest-volume shipbuilder (at least at one point they were).

Daewoo makes TVs, and a select-fire 5.56x45 rifle for the South Korean military.

Corning makes the baking dishes your mother/grandmother uses, and windows for manned spacecraft.

Beyer Chemical doesn't just make aspirin, they also make cattle and livestock feed.

 

 

[kelvinhall05]

11 hours ago, StDragon said:

The SGR-A1 is an automated sentry gun (an "aim bot") to be deployed on the Korean DMZ. It was developed by Samsung.

[PlayStation 2]

AMD making good drivers

oh wait that still hasn't happened

[kasugatei]

For two already mentioned companies in this thread:

Samsung - makes oil and LNG tanker ships

Hitachi - makes bullet trains (shinkansen), nuclear fission reactors...

[Commodus]

13 hours ago, billcxsby said:

For example, I didn't know/expect samsung to sell laptops, i was kind of suprised. 

 

Products that seem unexpected; for example, a microwave company that sells televisions or refridgerators (idk)

Samsung is a chaebol, one of the megacompanies that not only plays a massive role in the South Korean economy, but effectively shapes a large part of its society (including multiple corruption scandals).  If there's some kind of electronics or machinery involved, Samsung probably makes it.

[3 Lions]

10 hours ago, atxcyclist said:

Daewoo makes TVs, and a select-fire 5.56x45 rifle for the South Korean military.

They also made cars for a time before GM bought the brand. 

 

[Tan3l6]

Waffles with maple syrup. 

In Canada they will of course.

 

  

15 minutes ago, Commodus said:

Samsung is a chaebol, one of the megacompanies that not only plays a massive role in the South Korean economy, but effectively shapes a large part of its society (including multiple corruption scandals).  If there's some kind of electronics or machinery involved, Samsung probably makes it.

Samsung started small, selling fish and vegetables.

[Andreas Lilja]

Monoprice and Anker used to be about cables only. 

[Tamesh16]

Mitsubishi has a sector known as 'Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' and sells parts of Methanol and Petro chemical plants, as a chemical engineer it was interesting,  i only knew of their cars like 'Lancer' and their old Tv's 

[Worstcaster]

I heard about a tech channel that sells water bottles.

 

https://www.lttstore.com/

 

 

All joking aside they are actually good water bottles.

[Bitter]

19 hours ago, imreloadin said:

Well Hitachi (the original makers of the HGST hard drives before they sold that to Western Digital) also makes a "personal massager" which everyone uses as a sex toy so there is that

They sold that off years ago.

[billcxsby]

5 minutes ago, Worstcaster said:

I heard about a tech channel that sells water bottles.

 

https://www.lttstore.com/

 

 

All joking aside they are actually good water bottles.

lttstore.com