The first products from famous household brand names

The first-ever product produced by Sony founder Masaru Ibuka had a pretty simple aim. He wanted to help his staff cook the mountains of rice they received as gifts, quickly and easily.
 This simple aim was matched with a simple product. In fact, the original Sony Rice Cooker was basically a bucket with interlocking electrodes at the bottom. These were supposed to heat the water and create fluffy, tasty rice every time.They did not. Instead, the machine was utterly unreliable. Depending on the type of grain used or how much water was added, the cooker served up either overcooked mush or rice so raw you could crack a tooth on it.