underground research

Also called skunk work.

Independent research and development activities that are completely free from any influence from existing businesses or organizations.

When asked if they could "devote some of their time, budget, and other resources" to so-called underground research, which designers undertake at their own discretion, only 9.1% said that "underground research is allowed as a system," but 50.3% said that "it is not a system, but it is practically possible if you use after-hours hours, etc. However, 50.3% of the respondents answered that "it is not institutionalized, but it is practically possible if one uses after-hours hours, etc.", while only 24.0% answered "it is not possible", indicating a surprisingly high degree of freedom in research topics.

Toray Industries, Inc.

Toshiba (company)

The R&D Center has a system called "under the table," which allows employees to spend up to 10% of their work time on any topic they wish. I belong to the Network Systems Division, and almost as a change of pace, I devised an eccentric text input system under the table.

Microsoft

How was the Xbox born?

Microsoft executives searched the company and found several teams researching the seeds of a new business. They immediately held an internal competition and selected the team that had been working on a skunk work on a game console that would solve the problems of game software developers.

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