We present the range of optical architectures for imaging systems based on a single optical component, an aperture stop, and a detector. Thanks to the formalism of third-order Seidel aberrations, several strategies of simplification and miniaturization of optical systems are examined. Figures of merit are also introduced to assess the basic optical properties and performance capabilities of suc...

The development of faster, simpler, inexpensive and more environmentally-friendly sample-preparation techniques is an important issue in chemical analysis. Recent research trends involve miniaturization of the traditional liquid-liquid-extraction principle by greatly reducing the acceptor-to-donor ratio. The current trend is towards simplification and miniaturization of sample preparation and d...

Software miniaturization is a form of software refactoring focused on reducing an application to the bare bone. Porting an application on a hand-held device is very likely to require a preliminary step of software miniaturization, plus the development of device drivers dedicated to the new environment and hardware architecture. This paper presents the process and the lessons learned re-factorin...

Previously, we developed a high-density assembly technology to miniaturize the motion control CPU SiP for humanoid robots. It is necessary to mount a number of passive components on an expensive buildup PWB to accomplish this CPU SiP assembly and satisfy electrical performance requirements. As a result, we developed an embedded device technology to realize further miniaturization and achieve ex...

MOTIVATION FOR THE TUTORIAL Haptic feedback allows leveraging other faculties such as proprioception instead of using the visual sense, which is often overloaded with traditional UIs. However, most haptic technologies have been away from the current trend in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) which is miniaturization (e.g., mobile, wearable). Therefore haptic techniques, such as force feedback, t...

Since Ion Sensitive Field Effect Transistors (ISFETs) were introduced by Bergveld in 1970, much effort is put into new and improved materials for device optimization and sensitivity enhancement [1]. ISFET based biosensors have a fast response, are suitable for miniaturization and arrays can be made for simultaneous measurement of various parameters. Actually, ISFET device production relies on s...