TipTalk, one
of the skunkworks projects out of Samsung's Creative Lab on show at CES 2016 this week, does just that, however.
But after nearly four years
of skunkworks development, the search giant pulled back the curtain on Glass» next chapter: An industrial, corporate version called Google Glass Enterprise Edition.
Doug Jasinski is the President
of Skunkworks Creative Group Inc., a marketing and digital agency for professional services firms.
Outside of my legal practice, I also run a legal technology consulting business, Appropriate Legal Technology, and am the Technical Director
of Skunkworks Creative Group.
Doug Jasinski
of Skunkworks Creative Group Inc. shares the credit with Donna for the creative input and design.
«When you look at the infotainment and navigation, it's unique to Alfa — it was part
of the skunkworks process and we didn't want to bring mass - market technology into the next generation of Alfa Romeo,» explains Bigland.
Ian McDonald, director
of the skunkworks, shares TD's three principles of innovation:
Not exact matches
But some
of its most innovative ideas came from a Toronto
skunkworks
One
of the most innovative media partnerships so far was spurred by a
skunkworks project that Schmidt, the media group manager, created for ESPN's X Games.
As big firms in sectors like pharma increasingly fret over the overhead
of internal
skunkworks, says Tam, they are drawn to the «unbelievable» potential cost - savings
of the open approach.
Self - driving cars, contact lens that measure blood sugar, and giant balloons that beam Internet connections to everyone below are just some
of the so - called moonshots that have emerged from the secretive
skunkworks, known as X.
«I have seen people manage it by always having at least one project they are passionate about, even if it's an after - hours,
skunkworks kind
of project to which they devote only a few hours per week.
There is no greater creative cauldron than the
skunkworks of academia.
Nike runs a
skunkworks for advanced manufacturing in Oregon, and in 2015 announced a partnership with Flex, one
of its manufacturing partners, to develop new tech.
Invisible in both
of these performances are the many kinds
of knowledge, unseen plans, and backstage moves — the
skunkworks, if you will — that allow a teacher to purposefully move a group
of students from one set
of understandings and skills to quite another over the space
of many months.»
Ultimately,
skunkworks may lead, over time, to a shift in the opportunity and achievement gaps prevalent in schools, leverage student voice, increase the use
of higher impact strategies, shift staff and department meeting agendas to focus more time on learning, and begin developing new forms
of problem - solving across a system that focuses primarily on learning.
To begin,
skunkworks groups should focus more on learning than teaching and use evaluation
of their impact on learning on all students as their driver for decision making.
Throw in the freedom afforded by low - volume runs
of factory - built
skunkworks specials and you find that the hot hatch is enjoying a golden age.
Speaking to our sister title Auto Express, boss
of Mercedes in - house
skunkworks AMG, Tobias Moers, has revealed the replacement for the range - topping A-class will see power eclipse 400bhp.
An Alfa
Skunkworks of engineers, designers and stylists has developed a new rear - wheel - / all - wheel - drive platform called Giorgio for the models.
This hot - rod version
of Jaguar's XE small sedan is one
of those rare cars that focuses purely on performance, and the team at Jag's Special Vehicle Operations (SVO)
skunkworks doesn't seem to want to let it go.
Instead
of throwing a lot
of go - quick goodies into a Golf, the VW
skunkworks had its way with a Jetta.
The two Italian premium brands are intimately connected, with the Alfa Romeo engineering
skunkworks responsible for the development
of the rear - drive Giulia architecture based inside Maserati's Modena headquarters complex.
Amazon is planning on increasing the number
of researchers and developers at its Lab126
skunkworks.
This program, originally begun in 2005 within their outdoor styles, has moved beyond its
skunkworks phase and is being steadily introduced across the line
of more mainstream footwear.
Then kind
of the super-secret
skunkworks project that we haven't started yet is we're going to finally figure out a way to let people join Lawyerist and become a member.
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Jeremy Hessing - Lewis at
Skunkworks says that in highly competitive legal niches, «unfortunately, the trend is to sacrifice everything for the sake
of SEO.»
Many
of the examples given in the book were
of change at BigLaw (including «
skunkwork» initiatives that have come out
of BigLaw) rather than examples
of pure NewLaw initiatives.
Christensen observes that companies that survive and thrive in buyers» market do so by establishing
skunkworks with the intention
of «killing the mother ship» and disrupting themselves.
We have this
skunkworks project inside
of Fastcase.
Excitement about Google's
skunkworks Fuchsia OS is building on Reddit and elsewhere on the web, and
of course that's leading to lots
of chatter about Google's plans for the platform.
As
of last month, the Ara team is no longer part
of the ATAP
skunkworks; it now reports directly to Rick Osterloh, the head
of Google's new hardware division and a recent transplant from Motorola.
Google will keep hold
of Motorola's Advanced Technology & Products group even after handing over Motorola Mobility to Lenovo, it's been confirmed, the
skunkworks team behind the Project Ara modular phone and high - tech treats like digital tattoos.
Whether it's enough for Microsoft to continue the project when it takes control
of Nokia's phone business imminently remains to be seen, though there are some good reasons why the company might allow an Android - loving
skunkworks to keep developing.
Google has given up on Project Ara, another
of the company's more intriguing
skunkworks projects shuttered without making the big waves the initial hullabaloo promised.