Abstract: A method is for making a thermoelectric generator device. The method may include forming bottom contacts on a first substrate, and forming a polymer layer over the first substrate with recesses therein, the recesses being over the bottom contacts. The method may include forming a semiconductor material fluid in the recesses of the polymer layer to define thermoelectric couples coupled to the bottom contacts, forming top contacts adjacent a second substrate, and positioning the second substrate so that the top contacts are coupled to the thermoelectric couples.

Abstract: A method for generating a succession of pseudo-random numbers includes choosing at least one chaotic map, and choosing a seed for the chaotic map and a number of iterations for the chaotic map. The succession of pseudo-random numbers are generated by executing iteratively generating a pseudo-random number as a function of a final state reached by the chaotic map iterated for the current number of iterations starting from the current seed, and generating a new seed for the chaotic map or a new number of iterations as a function of the final state.