If you were on TU/e campus back in 2012, you might remember how the facade of Potentiaal (one thousand square meters) turned into a giant game of Tetris by night. Or, it was supposed to. The attempt of study association Thor to create the largest game of Tetris ever and be granted a mention in the Guinness Book of World Records, failed miserably. The grid with LEDs, cables, and electronics that was supposed to simulate the Tetris game, was damaged in the process of suspending it. As a result, only part of the game was visible.

Over the next few weeks, a little over two years after the initial downer, Thor will try again. There will be two attempts. On Monday, December 1 at 9 a.m., the fixed and improved grid will be ‘unrolled’ and tested as a Tetris screen in Forum. If the grid (3200 LEDs, 400 meters of PVC pipes, 3 kilometers of electricity cables) passes that test, Thor will already have set a new record. “We’re not obligated to suspend it vertically”, says Thor’s Tom van Nunen. “Because of the shelter it provides, the market hall is the ideal place for a world record attempt. There’s no rain or wind, and there are no protrusions the wiring can get tangled up with.”

If the record is set, December 15 will see the part 2 of Thor’s ambition. Using a crane, the framework will then be suspended from Potentiaal. Thor has learned from their attempt two years ago: back then, the separate parts were hoisted up from above, which is why they were damaged. A second improvement involves the PCBs in the framework, which are now packed in lunchboxes for better protection.