So this is a unit with the 12 petals These petals cost about a dollar each they're lightweight, injection molded plastic, aluminized.

The petals are floating on the water.

The stage was sprinkled with flower petals.

The bathtub was filled with hot water and flower petals.

We can control all 12 of these petals for under 50 dollars and what this would allow us to do is not have to move the focus any more, but only move the petals.

For Valentine's day, I used rose petals to spell out my sweetheart's name.

We looked at a way to break up a parabola into individual petals that would track.

So you have the engine, now what if you combine the petals and the engine in the center?

The petals track and the engine gets the concentrated sunlight, take that heat and turn it into electricity.

So this is the first test where we took it outside and each of the petals were individually seeking.

This is what the first prototype of our system looked like together with the petals and the engine in the center.

So what you see here is 12 separate petals, that each could be controlled with individual microprocessors that would only cost a dollar.

Once they get a temperature reading on the thermocouple indicating they found the sun, then they slow down and do a fine search, then all the petals will move into position, and then the engine will start.