artistic impact. The Pirelli Internetional
Award is not simply a scientific and technological award,
but an award on the communication of science and technology.
This means that, in order for communication to be effective,
the best instruments must be used. Multimedia objects
are the best instruments available today, because they
include, text, hypertext, images, sounds, animations,
software...
The score on this criterion is also from 0 to 6, with
the following differences:
Only one communication instrument used: 0 (i.e.
only text or only images)
Few communication instruments used: 2 (i.e. text
plus images)
Many communication instruments used: 4 (i.e. text,
images, sounds)
All communication instruments used: 6
ORIGINALITY
With reference to the examples listed above, we saw that
if the poem is concerning "love" or "nostalgia,"
then it is not considered at all, but if it concerns science,
then it can gain points for its originality, as very few
poems have been written about scientific and technological
subjects. Another example is: there are many software
programs simulating guided tours, but a candidate could
create a 3D program to be used with a
