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AI: What is the job of a prompt engineer?

What does this new job consist of? Despite its name, the job of a prompt engineer has little to do with that of an engineer... This role, sometimes translated as "query engineer" or "input engineer," is one of these new positions born with artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT and Dall-e. ...

29
June
2023

Gustave Eiffel: 5 things to know about the famous engineer

ng monuments around the world, Gustave Eiffel directed the construction of the St. Jean railway bridge in Bordeaux from 1858 to 1860. This central engineer was only 26 years old when he was entrusted with the management of the works for the construction of this 510 m bridge spanning the Garonne. ...

24
Jan
2023

Time zones: origins and functioning

ime zones for U.S. railroads around 1863, but Dowd's system was not adopted by American railroads. The system we know today was devised by Canadian engineer and geographer Sandford Fleming in 1876 to streamline train traffic around the world. He proposed dividing the globe into 24 equally sized ...

06
Aug
2008

Entrevaux: one of the most beautiful villages in France in Haute Provence.

omplete and strengthen the fortifications erected in the 16th century. This consolidation continued under the reign of Louis XIV: in 1691, Niquet, the engineer of the fortifications of Provence, reinforced the gates. On the advice of Vauban, he built a "hornwork" at the Porte d'Italie located behind ...

11
Aug
2010

Christ the Redeemer: the symbol of Rio de Janeiro

celebrate the bicentenary of Brazil's independence, following a competition launched in 1921 by the Church. In 1923, the project of the Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa was finally selected. The latter entrusted the realization of the project to the French sculptor Paul Landowski. It was ...

20
Dec
2011

Barbie: 6 things to know about this iconic character

as a tribute to her daughter Barbara. The Barbie doll officially made its debut on March 9, 1959, at the New York Toy Fair. The prototype created by engineer Jack Ryan for the Mattel company measured 29 cm and already had the characteristic silhouette of the "fashion doll", designed to make dressin ...

24
May
2019

Wordle: 5 things you need to know about the new hit game

oncept of Wordle is not new, but it is timeless! 4- It federates millions of players in the United States Wordle, which was launched last year by engineer Josh Wardle, has been very successful across the Atlantic. It peaked at 2 million players in early 2022. Yet, paradoxically, the Lingo gam ...

18
Jan
2022

Computing: 3 women who have marked the history of computing

vent her from becoming a romantic poetess like her father, her mother gave her early mathematics lessons. In London, she met the mathematician and engineer Charles Babbage with whom she designed a machine that could perform complex mathematical operations. Too far ahead of its time, this proje ...

08
Mar
2022

The Climate Fresco: a workshop to raise awareness about climate change.

xplained in the reports of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). Who is behind the Fresque du climat? The creator of this game is the engineer Cédric Ringenbach, who is also the president of the Fresque du climat association (see link below). In 2015, he started developing this edu ...

04
Sep
2023

Project Management: The Kanban Method in 5 Questions

What is the Kanban method? The kanban method is a work and project management method developed in the 1950s by Taiichi Ono, an engineer at Toyota. Originally, this system was used to plan just-in-time manufacturing in the Japanese automotive industry. Today, it is used in companies to organize wo ...

11
Apr
2024