285. The Invention Process
November 5, 2025 • EPISODE 285
How do you turn a great idea into a success? In this episode of Science LIVE, Dr. Roger Billings takes students through the invention process—from the first spark of inspiration to creating something people truly love. Featuring t-shirt designs by Acellus students, he explores what makes certain ideas stand out and connect. Discover how understanding the invention process can help you bring your own creative ideas to life—and turn them into success stories.
About DrB
Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology.
As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.
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I like number 51 its a great design 😎
its cool to see all the stuff pepole made
I love how this episode showed how real-world problems, like hydrogen fuel range or airplane ice buildup, push us to invent smarter solutions.
It has me wondering: if invention starts with a problem, what’s your biggest everyday problem you’d want to solve with science?
This is a really great science live! I love learning new things with Acellus!
When he said hydrogen joke I burst out laughing!
Hi from South Africa. Science Live is always fun!
R-51 shirt is number one.
Love all the t-shirts.
science live is the best
R-51 is so funny!😂 I love him so much, and SCIENCE L!VE!!
The way copying came about is really cool. I can’t imagine someone having to copy each page by hand.
I like shirt #6
can’t wait till the next live! Are these live in real time as we see them!?
Hi my name is Julius and i am from Japan i liked when it talked about the topic trains.
It is incredible to see the process off inventions and watching Science Live this week has inspired me to try to do something similar as my own invention.
hi from nevada ! all of the shirts were so cool and that’s a great idea to put them in store!
Amazing episode really enjoyed this especially the water bottle that froze like that
hydrogen trains!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sounds cool
I love this episode! Hope to see you guys next week! I
I really like slogan number 4: “Don’t invent the sun, be the sun” and the image of Area51 on it. Its meaning is great, can inspire many others.
This was a very fun live to watch. Looking forward to next week.
Science Rocks!!!
Loved seeing water freeze near instantaneously!
Even though I missed the live voting, this was still another amazing and inspiring episode!
Number 3# 🫵
Loved the live tonight, it was a good one. Hey from MS!
I liked shirt #3 which said, “Opportunity is knocking.” Good job to all the contestants. Some of the shirts are very clever and funny! Thank you for this episode of Science Live!
I think the “be the sun” shirt was the best one!
The second idea
Hello, I haven’t been able to submit my t-shirt ideas, please consider them if possible. Thank You
I was really impressed by the T-shirt with the airplane design. The design shows how Acellus Academy encourages students to dream big and think like inventors.
Hey there from Manitoba Canada. Cool ice is so fascinating. Also my favorite shirts were 1 and 10.
Wait, so I can vote for R-51’s shirt!
Love the science live video!
I loved tonights live!!
So many cool ideas!
Love the lives, Keep it up
Choosing a career can be difficult Rihanna’s story was relatable and comforting! Love science lives!
Thank you for always teaching us about interesting topics every week!
Watching the water in the water bottle freeze instantly was incredible.
I like watching these!
THE PLANE WING THING WAS COOL
I love seeing what everyone made!
it was very nice to see the girl in the beginning was thanking the teachers for having a role in her success with singing and performing!! Hope to see u guys next week!
I love seeing all of the creative things that go on in science live!!
Learning about the super cooled water was really cool. I always enjoy Dr John’s technology spotlights their always so intriguing.
Loved the live!!
I liked the shirt that said “when life gives you lemons you make firefly’s”
What do the center of stars actually look like?
Good morning from Uganda, I loved Rihana’s story, it was really inspiring to musicians and singers (which I am both). Thank you for sharing your story.
i love the “i want you to event something”
These new comments are a cool way to see different questions! Love it!
LOVE this episode can’t wait for more!!
we like 51 too!
Thanks Tobias for explaining how photo copiers use static electricity to copy the images! I had no idea!
Science Live is always fun!
Science live is very educational!
Thanks for sharing the information on the use of hydrogen in trains and cars.
I would actually wear shirt number 51 or 52.
I vote for shirt 52.
#6 was my favorite. i love seeing ideas become a real life product. especially when it can be so useful. thanks for the great video tonight!
All the shirts were GENIUS!!
This is so cool, Love those shirt ideas.
I like this one
I REALLY ENJOYED THIS SESSION AS USUAL!
I loved the science experiment!
the water in the bottle was fun to watch. I also liked seeing what everyone had created
The Tshirts were very fun to watch and very creative
I never knew two radio stations can be on the same frequency, and to avoid overlapping they had to turn down the power since the frequency waves travel farther at night; nor did I ever knew that Roger Billings was an even announcer on a radio station.
i wonder if it would work with a bucket of water
i think that the R-51 shirt was very neat and awesome!
Wow the shirt designs people came up with was so unique and fun to see!
I really enjoyed seeing how creative everyone was with the t-shirts. Being able to stay home and still being able to vote and have a say in things that go on in the school is really cool, I can’t wait for the next one!
It was interesting to learn about new ways to get ice off of airplane wings!
Thank you teachers. How many celsius does the water have to be to be super chilled? I really liked the be the sun shirt!
Love hearing all the stories about different inventors. Stay warm!
This is awesome!
Loved the show today!
I really like the Uncle Sam r-51 I think its really clever and funny.
Hi from alabama, i really enjoyed this lessen with Dr Billings.
Hey!!! hope everyone voted❤️
When will hydrogen cars be on the road?
Loving the work you guys are doing!
I loved this episode, so informative!
I love what’s talked about in the invention process
Loved our first live! Thank you!
I really like Simons shirt a very creative design
The Ice freezing in the bottle was so cool!
Science live is the best! I’m going to make a t shirt .
I like the #10 shirt aka uncle Sam 51 shirt
Loved looking at all of the creative tee shirts!
I really liked this video my favorite one was the one with a mustang and the “Don’t invent the sun be the sun”
Hearing ‘It’s great to have you hear with us’ is the best part of my day!
The shirts were fun to see! I was cracking up at a few of them lol.
Science is my favorite topic and these videos help me learn and love it even more!
I love Dr.Billings
All this talk of ice is getting me ready for the cold weather, I can’t wait until we see some snow!
Dr. John speaking about the freezing water was very interesting
I love this episode! Hope to see you guys next week! I especially love R-51!
I wonder if science live is actually live or is it pre recorded?
Science live is actually pretty cool and interesting!
I liked the story about the copy machine.
I love inventing!!!!!! It’s my favorite hobby.
These are so fun!
Out of all the shirts the “I love Science Live” shirt was my favorite
All those shirts are so funny! I love the R-51 and Uncle Sam one.
That was so cool especially the freezing water
I really like how you can see everybody’s comments now!
Hi from Montana, I found the water bottle fascinating!
I love Dr. John when he is on stage he always shows something new and interesting things out there in our world.
I love all the shirts!
My favorite shirt was the I need you to invent one. I think that’s what it said.
I love science live I really enjoyed this one.
Where and when is science live filmed.
How are trains powered by hydrogen?
I love the science lives! Always a great watch.
Nice to see all the contestants and what everyone’s created
loved all the shirts 🩷
loved the live tonight!
WOW! science live was super cool and intriguing, i cannot wait for next week.
Cool ice trick
Love the shirt that says don’t make the sun be the sun
i loved seeing the winners of the contest!
Science is very interesting to learn about and has been teaching me lots.
Love all the t-shirts! Science live is a great video!
area 51 literally makes my day
Hi from Nevada! I’m genuinely so happy we’re getting some new trains in America given how outdated the old Amtraks are, especially cross country.
Great live always fun to watch
Loved the science experiment! This are so fun to watch
I liked Rihana’s story it was very inspiring
How were the hydrogen trains made?
this live was a interesting I love this episode. Learning science is literally the best way to study.
the shirts are really funny! y’all should do contests like these in the future
So photocopiers were invented because a man was tired of writing copies by hand.
My dream is to create my own clothing brand.”
I wonder if science live is in real time .
Wow love the shirts, my favorite is #10. Big high five and congragulations to all the students who created them!
I am so greatly impressed with Dr. Billings every time he talks.
I vote for number 10 tshirt! It’s my favorite.
thank you for the hard work to make these science lives. 🙂
I love watching these lives
love R-51!!
How can we implement education into the invention process? More specifically, how can we utilize our education when inventing a new, significant product? For example, can we utilize methods from our science course in order to create an environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuel powered technology? If so, how does that affect the process and our understanding and usage of creativity and innovation in general?
I really liked all of the shirts but my favorite was #11
I wonder what the key steps are in the invention process
science lives are so fun to watch.
This was amazing! Thank you for all the cool facts.
Hi from North Carolina, loved the water freezing experiment
When I saw the “r-51 did it” shirt, I laughed so hard.
I loved all the t shirt entries !! My favorite was R-51.
By what you said Dr Billings I’m apparently building first rounds of experiments in the laboratory of my imagination all of the time and didn’t know it.
I would genuinely enjoy wearing shirt 51.
It was really funny how r-51 stole the ideas of the winning t-shirts.
When will the shirts be available for Acellus gold?
I have always wanted to invent somthing so this was very interesting.
I hope with hydrogen trains coming to the US, public transportation via trains becomes more widespread and easily accessible.
I really liked the part with the water bottle. I can’t believe how fast it froze!
Dr Tobias talks about the invention of the Xerox as though he was there
Super cool shirts my fav was the #8
Love from Florida!! Great episode! ♡♡♡
Do you believe that someone, some day will be able to creat a new, better, more civilized civilization?
The live was great can’t wait till next weeks science live.
Does “The Invention Process” take time to achieve?
I love R-15 its the best! Also I like all the shirts
My favorite part of the live is when he slammed the water bottle and it froze.
Breakthrough moments with Tobias has to be my favorite part of science live. I love the little jokes he makes every time.
Science live is always a fun time!
I really liked all the shirt designs. All of the designs were creative!
The cold water freezing instantly after being hit will always blow my mind! Its like watching magic happen in front of you
I really like the science live there are so many facts and cool things to learn.
Love this show so much!!!
This is my first time watching science live, and I love it!!!
Hi from Indiana. I really enjoy these lives I think they are super cool and interesting
This was very informative and super cool. In the beginning they were talking about ice particles for a little while, and it reminded me of how I put water bottles in my freezer, and leave them in their for a couple days, and when I take them out and hit it on a hard surface the ice reacts/me shaking the bottle. I liked the cute and cool idea of more shirts to come, showing the spirit of awesome science episodes!
Hello from Missouri, I love Acellus!!!!
It was cool to see what everyone created