{"id":25277,"date":"2015-05-24T07:32:09","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T14:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyon-news.com\/?p=25277"},"modified":"2015-05-29T06:36:40","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T13:36:40","slug":"director-james-cameron-designs-solar-sunflowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canyon-news.com\/director-james-cameron-designs-solar-sunflowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Director James Cameron Designs Solar Sunflowers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MALIBU\u2014Last weekend, on May 17, the sustainability-focused MUSE School unveiled five &#8220;Solar Sun Flowers&#8221;, designed by &#8220;Avatar&#8221;\u00a0director James Cameron.<\/p>\n<p>The flowers, which are 30 feet across with a 16 foot stem, are made of solar panels bolted together to look like sunflowers. They act like sunflowers, too &#8211; they use astronomical calculations to move toward the sun to maximize the amount of energy absorbed. Depending on sun exposure, the five flowers offset the school&#8217;s energy usage from 75-90 percent.<\/p>\n<p>MUSE School, located in Malibu Canyon, is a private and non-profit institution co-founded by Cameron&#8217;s wife, Suzy Amis-Cameron, and her sister, Rebecca Amis.\u00a0 The school&#8217;s mission is, \u201cInspiring and preparing young people to live consciously with themselves, one another, and the planet.\u201d\u00a0 The flowers are to be integrated into the school&#8217;s curriculum, with a digital &#8220;dashboard&#8221; that students can use to see how many resources the flowers are saving, compared to different sources of energy production.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25278\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ehw68ayv63o.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11295535_904125612959693_6905337355914407368_n.jpg?strip=all&#038;w=2560\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25278\" src=\"https:\/\/ehw68ayv63o.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11295535_904125612959693_6905337355914407368_n-225x300.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"Students of MUSE school learn about solar energy.\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ehw68ayv63o.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11295535_904125612959693_6905337355914407368_n-225x300.jpg?strip=all 225w, https:\/\/ehw68ayv63o.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11295535_904125612959693_6905337355914407368_n-268x357.jpg?strip=all 268w, https:\/\/ehw68ayv63o.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11295535_904125612959693_6905337355914407368_n.jpg?strip=all 329w, https:\/\/ehw68ayv63o.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11295535_904125612959693_6905337355914407368_n.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=65 65w, https:\/\/ehw68ayv63o.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/11295535_904125612959693_6905337355914407368_n.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=131 131w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students of MUSE school learn about solar energy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>James Cameron is in the process of patenting the flowers and making their design free and open-source, so that anyone can make them.\u00a0 In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Cameron said, &#8220;When we saw that there was a positive response to the design, we started to discuss maybe we do a startup company. 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