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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The ice frozen on the airplane’s wings is truly dangerous. When my family traveled during winter, I saw the workers at the airport sprayed special chemicals on the wings so that the moisture would not freeze on them when the airplane was thousands of miles high in the air.
Thank you for today’s video I really like shirt number 8 when life gives you lemons make fireflies I like this shirt because nature makes lemons , and I like nature .
I loved the show so much!
This is probably one of my favorite episodes.
i really like r-51, hope to see it again and again.thanks for an amazing science live
Science is so fun. I want to be an inventor too one day.
1.Amazing 2.I love it! 3.Awsome! 4.Funny! HAHAHA!!! 5.10 out of 10!!! 6.Crazy!!! 7.10 out of 10! AGAIN!!! 8.Silly!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!! 9.10 out of 10! AGAIN!!! and Amazing!!! 10.Super DUPER Crazy!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! 11.ME TO!!! 12.That the BEST one yet!!!
We were there live last night! Thank you for welcoming us!
I love “be the sun” T-shirt.
I really like the fire flies shirt. This is fun!
Thanks for another awesome science live!
When I was watching the water in the water bottle and it freezed instantly I thought it was very cool and interesting.
I can’t believe that the water bottle just froze like that!!!!!!!!
WOW!!!
Loved seeing the super cooled water experiment. Want to try it now.
Thank you Roger!
The water bottle freezing was cool.and so were the shirts my favorite one was don’t invent the sun be the sun.
I like the idea of the t-shirt for an invention. Seems my mind always thinks of inventions as something really difficult.
I love listening to science live its very fun to listen to.
I think it is awesome how they were able to keep off frost from the wing by a certain frequency.
Science Live has truly been a inspiring show for me! I joined recently, and at first, i was a bit overwhelmed. But Acellus has showed me that Innovation is truly possible! Gotta give you kudo for it!
Also, i made this for a chance to get my cool shirt on the store! I aimed it to be like a retro, windows 95 look to it! although, now that i think about it, i dunno if it would be copyrighted, Personally, i don’t think so, cuz I’ve seen so many games with this win95 earth lol.
Thanks for showing me what’s possible with Acellus!
Anthony
This episode is so fascinating! Love it
It was really cool when the bottle of water froze so quickly.
The super-cool water looks cool but I still can not replicate it D:
I think the copying machine is truly a great invention, and the story provides additional support for the saying that need is the mother of invention.
The science experiment with John Billings was cool
It’s always fun learning something new from these lives!
The shirt #6 was awesome I think it’s great! 😉
Here is my shirt
Love watching these once a week
I loved the shirt designs! I thought that they were very creative and clever. I also enjoyed learning about the first photocopier. It is fascinating how much went into creating it, and without it, we’d be taking a lot of time writing the same thing over and over, so it is an extremely helpful invention.
Rihanna is a big inspiration! I’m a song writer and listening to her success is a huge motivator!
Love it! science live always brightens up my mornings.
Wassup from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!!
My favorite shirt is #1. Hard choice because they are all really good!
Hello I am Huy Hoang. In episode 285 I learned a lot about the ice part. I learned that even in hot weather we can still have cold clouds in the air. Even in hot weather going to the clouds is a problem. Thats why I think we can invent all kinds of ways to not let the wings get frozen. I want to be an inventor like you Dr. Roger Billings. You have inspired me to be a inventor.
The water freezing that fast is so cool.
I love those shirts where can I get them!
Hydrogen Trains sound like an interesting idea
I like when Dr. John did the frozen water bottle demonstration. It was really neat.
My favorite shirt is #10.
Watching the water freeze in the bottle was very interesting
I am always so excited for live science for R51 it’s so funny and entertaining at the same time.
The idea of having students learn this concept with t-shits, something they would like to design, is a great start to learning a new topic!
We always get a good laugh from the Science live videos!
Dr. Roger Billings is the best.
Oh wow! Such a cool episode!! I can’t wait for the next one!!
I love the Xerox back story. I can’t wait to look it up and learn more about it. Thank you!
I wasn’t able to watch this one live so I couldn’t vote but I like #1, #3, #5, #6, #8, #10 and #12! Especially the firefly one because if you haven’t watched that episode you can’t understand it and it’s kinda like an inside joke- between like 12 million people 😅- I would love to order all of the shirts but I’m saving up for the A-C-D-2!! Also it’s DEFINITELY not stealing!! Its collaborating!! Justice for R-51!!
The extracurricular classes that Acellus offers are amazing! I am taking a lot of them 😁
Hello from Michigan all the T-shirt designs are very nice,
I absolutely loved shirt no.10!
Love from South Africa
I think this weeks video was very fun and cool. I really liked Dr. Johns part of it.
More love
I like the idea that “problems can become opportunities” that Tobias mentioned when talking about the xerox machine.
It is such a blessing to watch science live and learn new things.
I like the ideas if the shirts. My favourite shirt is the opportunity is knocking. That one inspired me.
I love to hear about the hydrogen trains! And, Congratulation’s to all shirt inventor’s!
That’s so cool a hydrogen train that’s crazy
Tobias is my favorite person on science live.
Did anybody see the big full moon last night
this is such a blessing to be able to watch science live DR Billings.
love the water part amazing
Acellus is the most fun app in the whole world.
I love this episode! I hope one day Science Live can come to Vietnam! Do you think that could happen?
We love breakthrough moments in science!!!
I love you, Acellus
My favourite thing for school is to watch this live!!!
I like learning new information about hydrogen on these lives.
My dad uses that to fix air conditions
Science is fun!
I thought the shirt ideas were funny and makes encouraging inventing fun!
The water freezing in the water bottle was fun to watch.
How long is it going to take for Roger billings to get the hydrogen out of the ground on that piece of land in Kansas?
excited to see what you guys have in store for us today!
I love this episode!!! I looked at all of the shirts that everyone posted and they’re so cooool!!
R-51 for sure
I love r51’s part
I said that we learn something new about hydrogen almost every week. I love this portion of my week. I earned about the hydrogen trains this week and about study with Acellus Gold. My favorite was the hydrogen train. Thank you Dr. B.
Always learn something new from these lives.
I love Science Live! So neat!
Hi from Viet Nam. I really enjoyed the science experiment with Dr. Billing
where do you put the hydrogen in the train?
Hello! The science experiment with Dr. John was very interesting!
SO COOL
The water bottle experiment was neat to watch.
Really cool episode. I am going to do science experiments this week!
All of those shirts look very neat!
I love watching, science live is so motivating!
I want to ride on a hydrogen train!
These livestreams are always so interesting! It’s nice to see comments now.
Love the live!
I love science live
It is very useful for me to help me understand more about science. To be honest, I’m not good at science. After watching the live, I understand more about science.
Good Morning from New Jersey
It is very useful for me to help me understand more about science. To be honest, I’m not good at science. After watching the live, I understand more about science
Watching Science Live from Tennessee.
I liked the shirt that said when life gives you lemons make fireflies, my all time favorite for sure!
I think everyone’s shirt ideas where amazing. Awesome episode, interesting and hilarious as usual.
It is very exciting to see the imagination and creativity behind the inventions.
I love watching Science Live .
It is cool to hear new that there are new innovative transportation techniques
I like how there is many episodes I can watch anytime.
I wonder where science live takes place.
I love science live! It is very fun !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, I am from South Africa and I really liked the shirt that said r-51 dit it!
Good morning from sunny Nicaragua! Absolutely loving Science Live, please keep it coming!
I really liked the Tshirt with the earth as a heart
R-51 is cool
Loved the Unlock Your Potential shirt!
Dylan from Tennessee science live is fun to watch
Awesome shirts! Especially number four I think that one should have been number one.
Just to spread some positivity, I want to say that today is a great new day for something awesome to happen!
Dylan form Tennessee i love science live and R-51 is so funny!
Hello from South Africa! I really enjoyed this one.
I love watching these videos.R-51 is Genius!. I can’t wait to the next live.
My dad works for the train car company.
I’m from Aichi, Japan but, I’m Vietnamese! I like the number 51 shirt (R-51) but it’s kind of messy! And I also, I like all the shirts that have R-51!
It was nice to see the T-Shirt designs.
I’m sure Science Live has inspired so many young inventors! It would be cool to see how many have developed new ideas based on that inspiration!
Hello from Romania!! Shirt #10 was my favorite 😉
I think the water bottles freezing was interesting! I enjoy these lives.
Hey from Texas, I wonder if there is another way to photocopy without a light?
Don’t just do your best, be your best!
Awesome job on the shirts!
Wow! Those shirts are amazing.
Thank you I love the shirts.
Hi from Virginia! These videos are so interesting!
i love to study in Acellus
I agree with Braylen watching the water in the bottle was very interesting
Enjoyed the live this week!
area 51 always makes me laugh
The end with R51 was so funny! Also this episode near the end was so funny!
Science live is always enjoyable to watch!
I love watching these episodes.
Thank Dr Billings. I enjoyed this week’s Science Live. I am voting for t-shirt No. 4. I liked learning about how they make photocopies.
It’s always fun watching the experiments and interesting topics that Acellus shows us.
Hi I really enjoyed this week’s video and I loved see all the T-shirt my favorite was don’t invent the sun be the sun.
Hello from Jerusalem Israel!
Wow so many cool t-shirts!
The shirt that Dr. Billings created is really neat. Can’t wait to see what everyone’s going to be doing for their inventions for the upcoming science fair!!
Hi there Chloe from Ohio! Love the show
Great presentation as always! The water bottle freezing was super cool to watch!
My favorite segment is always the one by Dr. TOBIAS!
Wonder if science live is actually live or if it’s pre-recorded
I really enjoyed science live today, thanks to Roger Billings, Pajet Monet, and Acellus Team!!
Math and Science are my favourite subjexts
Really loved the breakthrough moments in science segment.
I loved this live very informational.
I think the best one is the one that has r51 on saying: “don’t invent the sun, be the sun”
Are these taken live and can parents buy the shirts? This is our first time watching and we loved it! Thank you!
Always enjoying Dr. Tobias presentation every single time.
R-51 is the way to go.
Hello. Thanks for another episode of Science Live, and I’ve been listening during the whole episode. Also, I’ve always been studying hard like my life depends on it.
these are always fun to watch
Love this live. cant wait for next week.
R-51 is such a smart way to make a fun way to teach stuff!
Hi from South Africa the science live video was really fun to watch
I loved the T-Shirts. They are very creative.
I like the t-shirt that says “r-51 did it” . Funny.
Thank you very much for the educational epicode!
i really enjoyed this science live!
I loved the T-shirt that said, “R 51 did it!” It just made my day.
It is a mind-blowing breakthrough by Chester Carson who invented Xerox 914 as the first copy machine in the world through the conceuof static electricity and light. Very impressive.
Loved this!
I really liked R-15 shirt 😍 can’t wait for the next science live
I’m so happy I got to showcase my shirt on Science Live! My shirt was number 9. I can’t wait for the next opportunity!
R-51 looks neat, seeing all the designs was a surreal thing, cool nonetheless!
i love science especially this!
I love 51. He’s funny.
I love watching Science Live, it’s always so fun!
I liked R-15 shirt 😍
Hello from kauai! This weeks science live was really fun an active cant wait till next week!
how can i get the shirts when they release?
I love R51
To begin with, hopefully from the student spotlight Rihanna becomes a big star just like well Rihanna. Also, it is amazing that trains are running on hydrogen fuel cell now. I like shirt 1.