January usually brings with it freezing cold days. For the batteries of electric cars, this means less power because the batteries discharge faster. With the practical tips from charging solution specialist CTEK, more battery power can be achieved in the cold winter months.

At CES 2022, BMW is offering a glimpse of a future technology that allows the exterior of a vehicle to be adapted to different situations and individual wishes. For a start, the body surface of the BMW iX Flow featuring E Ink can vary its color at the touch of a button.

25 years ago, on December 19, the IMMS Institute for Microelectronic and Mechatronic Systems started. Since then, 847 projects with 625 partners have been realized in Illmenau, 254 ASICs and 1142 wireless sensor nodes have been developed.

Deggendorf-based embedded specialist Congatec has made a change in its top management. Dr. Dirk Haft replaces Jason Carlson as CEO. The other four positions in the management team have also been prominently filled.

TDK's new robotics development platform "TDK RoboKit1" is suitable for rapid prototyping. It is available in two versions: as a stand-alone development platform and as a full robot reference design.

The cobot manufacturer Kassow Robots has strengthened its sales in Europe: Ulrich Möller has joined the company, which is based in Kastrup near Copenhagen, as Sales Manager for the DACH region with immediate effect. He reports to the Global Sales Manager Dieter Pletscher.