Monthly Archives: November 2014

Bike Lights Dance Party

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After seeing many students (cyclists) come past our booth during the MIT Wellness Fair and indicate they didn't have lights, we decided enough was enough. And threw a bike lights dance party. On November 27, Will, Keith, and I executed our first bike lights focused event -- we had music, snacks, coffee, and courtesy of PLANET BIKE, bike lights! 

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Some of the funner parts included "ticketing" people (PN2K mock tickets for those cycling without lights, and inviting them to our event at the Student Center). It was extremely satisfying to see people coming to us as silhouettes and then cycling away distinctly more visible. We know there are still more of you out there. If you need lights, our next event is Friday, Dec 5: Winter Bike Fest! Come out, mingle in the Student Center, bring your bike & your cycling companions.

A huge THANK YOU to PLANET BKE for your partnership and popular Spok lights!

Link to full "Bike Lights, Camera, Action!" photo album

 

 

STEAM #3: We fly high like planes

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Saturday, Nov 22nd found us, PN2K, partnering again with EcoVent's Dipul Patel and his stealthy side-kick, Nick Lancaster, while they worked their magic and awed the Amphibious Achievement crowd with planes. This PN2K-organized Amphibz adventure is the third in a series of field trips PN2K has collaborated with Amphibious Achievement to organize in the past calendar year. 

Achievers:
1) Learned why and how college can be an asset to their future careers
2) Spent a majority of time in application (building, flying, racing planes)
3) Debriefed and took away some sweet souvenirs, courtesy of EcoVent

It was incredible to see the amount of effort and thought that Dip and Nick put into making this event truly hands-on. For our new readers, Dip from EcoVent helped host our second STEAM field trip with rockets in MIT Killian Court (it was a blast, in every sense of the word!) Being familiar with our obsession on the experiential learning component, it was no surprise that when we met with Dip and Nick before the Achievers arrived, who had a box full of rubber-band-plane kits ready to go! And the way they guided these high school students through step-by-step instructions towards building successful plane kits gave them a glimpse into being engineers. 

Here is a glimpse of moments caught on camera.

 

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Thank you EcoVent for your demonstration, brilliance, and generosity; to Dipul Patel for purchasing these kits, and Nick L. for showing Achievers the physics behind airplane lift and flight. You guys are superb!! 

Thank you MIT Amphibz for your awesome Achievers and the enthusiasm they inspire!

We look forward to further adventures together. 

Full photo album here >

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Fava beans + photo + candy = bike safety?

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MIT PN2K was at the MIT Wellness Fair on Friday, November 7, helping to promote stress reduction and a healthy style of living via cycling. Attendees were instructed to pick up a few fava beans and drop them into the cup(s) that held true for them. At first, we only had the "I need a bike helmet" and "I need bike lights" cup -- then people started saying that they didn't have bikes - Blasphemy! So we created another cup for those who need bikes! We learned a few things:

1) Of those who visited our table, 53 were cyclists, 27 needed bikes. 
2) Of those cyclists, many still need helmets.
3) Of those cyclists, many more still needed bike lights.

We are holding an event soon to kick off our bike lights fundraiser. Students, keep your eyes peeled for subsidized lights from PN2K! 


Link to PN2K @ MIT Wellness photo album