Short answer: Because the ETV (association for electrical engineering students at the TU Delft, The Netherlands) celebrates her 100th birthday this year.
Short answer (2): Because we can
Long answer:
Part of the centennial celebration is this 'lustrumstunt', which is performed every 5 years. The MatriXX is based on an idea by James Clar.
The ETV is an association with a rich history. For over a hundred years, she has organized many study related activities
for the electrical engineering students in Delft. These activities include lectures, excursions, symposia and study trips.
In 1930 the ETV was the first association for students to travel to the United States of America. During the sixties she founded two other
associations for electrical engineering students at other universities. Beside that she helped to start the European association for electrical engineering students.
The ETV is not unknown in the media. Ten years ago the ETV wrote history with the largest Tetris-game in the world, projected
on the building of the faculty. Five years later the same idea was used, but now to send sms-messages to the building.
For that stunt 300 lamps, 3 kilometres of cable and 1500 metres of paper were used. The current stunt will exceed these
numbers.
