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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Interesting to hear about Ice on air crafts and how to clear it.
I love learning about science live I think its is so awesome !
Seeing the water just go frozen and then learning how it happens in real time was so interesting and awesome! 😀
they already have hydrogen trains??!
The process of discovering hydrogen wasn’t a single invention, but rather a series of observations and experiments spanning several centuries.
The cube next to the microscope looks really cool
I didn’t know that about ice
I’m really intrigued that hydrogen trains are coming to the USA!
Learning how water would freeze was pretty interesting
How do the hydrogen trains work?
I have a question can you guys do more hydrogen please
I love my school and I am excited about all the courses I can learn.
Did not know that they sometimes take heat from the engine to heat it up the wing.
I loved seeing all the shirts! #12 was my favorite.
Dear Roger Billings I made you a poem it’s called The Acellus Way: In the heart of education, where knowledge unfolds, A home-based wonder, Acellus Learning bold. Born from innovation, Crafted by a visionary, named Roger Billings, our guide Oh, Acellus Learning, a beacon so bright, Roger Billings, the pioneer, Brought us a learning revolution, year after year. From the comfort of are homes, where the lessons begin, Acellus Learning, with a little spin, Through technology’s power, it’s unstoppable, In every home, in every heart, Acellus Learning, it’s a work of art. Roger Billings, the mastermind, who made it all so great.
I also liked the part when he said “ shame on you” and the dude was sad😢
This was great! thank you!
Here’s another t-shirt
I actually wanna try the instant ice bottle thing
Awesome video! I loved the portion of seeing students like Rhianna shine after graduation!
Shirt number 8 is my favorite!
Yeah I agree with Anastaisia the water was so cool I had to go back so I could watch it again!! Sorry if I got your name wrong Anastaisia!
Hello im from texas
Science live is so interesting every week.
Please vote for my shirt!
What are the other methods of getting rid of the ice on an airplane?
Im very artistic and crafty so I’m grateful for the opportunity even if I didn’t get on the list
The invention process is very interesting
i am coming from Alabama hi
I liked it when he said sometimes life can throw you in a curve, and that is so true!
Here’s another idea
What is the most used Acellus class aside from the main classes like math, language arts, science, and social studies?
This episode was very cool hope to see more like it!
My mother does this for work and I’m so ecsatic it got mentioned in Science Live! I personally think that the 7th one is my favorite.
Hello from Georgia!!
I watched with my brother Keaton C. I like shirt number 3.
This was very interesting.
I love science live!! 😄😄
When do scientists think fully electric airplanes will actually be a thing? That was a very interesting segment.
The water freezing instantly was cool.
“Kickle Pickle Radio” had me dying 😂
Also, shirt #1 was an awesome shirt! Hydrogen car aside, who wouldn’t love a classic Mustang?
I love these, I hope they always do the science live.
I love watching science live.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK. WE LOVE TO SEE THE NEW EPISODES
WOW!!!!
Hi!! I am from San Deigo California!
I can tell by all of Dr. Tobias’ info, it was a printer! 🙂 My question is could we someday create a blaster that can move things with something it emits into the air to move something around without making contact with it? It could help us build things around the world, like cities, air planes and trains. ^_^ Dr. Roger Billings and Lady Pajet Monet are adorable in every Science Live I’ve seen, and I can’t get over how cute it is when they interact on stage. Commenting from Massachusetts!
I vote for t-shirt number 11
I really enjoyed this Science live and congratulations to all the students who’s shirt was picked.
Here is my new shirt!
I find it all just so incredible. Science is just whole new world of things we are only beginning to explore.
thank you and I will watch again next time
I wonder how long it will be until Hydrogen powered trains become standard across the united States.
Hi from Texas!! Airplanes move heat to the wings? Oh WOW!!!!
Could all trains possibly be switched to Hydrogen trains?
I honestly find these videos very educational. Keep up the good work! 🩵
Can hydrogen trains go faster than other trains?
Dr. Tobias is so funny he should make a class.
Love this lesson, thank you!
i like the different shirts
I like number 10’s t-shirt. “I want you to invent something!”
Loved the show the jet shirt was my favorite.
I love these science lives!!!
The shirt contest was fun. I liked all of them, especially #51 haha. *
The comments are fun to see.
I liked the t-shirts I saw at the end.
I now realize there are different levels of invention. it doesn’t have to just be a big giant thing. I also think it’s important to inspire people to be better. There were a lot of great shirts, I couldn’t watch live so I wasn’t able to vote.
I love learning and I am glad to be here.
Hello From Virginia, I love Science
cant wait for next live!
I love Science Live. Thank you!
loved this episode!
Loved this one!! Thank you
Your shirts are really funny!
I really liked Shirt No. 10. Plus numbers 12 and 6 were great!
I love to learn
I was not at all expecting to see my shirt on the list. I made that as a joke cuz I thought it would be funny. I genuinely haven’t been this giddy and excited in a long time. I woke my mom up just to show her that my shirt made it on the list. Hope R51 And the other students like it!! 😂
I didn’t know they could heat the wings on airplanes
the story of the printer is cool
I loved the yellow shirt #4
What was the biggest unexpected obstacle you encountered during the development and testing phase, and how did overcoming it fundamentally change the final product or its underlying technology?
I liked learning about the invention process.
Loved the show,and the private jet shirt is a good idea.
THE WATER FREEZING!!!!
I had no idea plane wings could freeze over like that. I love learning new things here on science live!
I liked the mustang shirt
This inspires me to invent something
Vote for my design please!
I love can i make a invention
I love learning new things. Keep it up
How can I take AP music theory? This sounds like a great class.
I love science live.
The shadow writing thing he did was very awesome
I think that Roger was an interesting person to listen to and the water bottle expierment when it froze was nice.
All 12 shirt designs are really cool! I like #6 R 51 did it shirt!
Thank you for another wonderful lesson!
I like how those students designed the Science Live t-shirts. It’s interesting seeing how people make their own creative interpretations of Science Live.
Here is my other shirt!!
Photoconductivity is so cool!
I think it was interesting that the water froze when he slammed the bottle on the table
how much science has Dr. Roger Billings done
All 12 shirt designs are really cool! I like the R 51 did it shirt!!
Love Science!!!!
I liked the part where he said we need to inspire people to better.
I loved this science live!
I love science live.
Hello from Texas
it seems like the science lives keep getting better and better every week.
The cool water stuff was interesting to learn about.
52
being able to see the comments is pretty cool
it would be such a great accomplishment to invent and have your item get a patent
educational as alaways!! thank you.
Loved this episode it was great!
I love to learn about the process today from how you defrost the airplanes
I think science live is great
The water freezing was super cool
what are the by-products of hydrogen fuel cells used in cars?
The part of science live where you talked about the ice on airplanes was very interesting. I liked all of the shirts you showed. Number 5 was my favorite.
Good job with all the shirts!
I like shirt number one. I like cars and would wear that one.
What happens if there is no more hydrogen for the hydrogen trains? What will the run on?
I enjoyed this video demonstrating how to start an invention. I think using T-shirts as an example was an easy way to break it down. I also was intrigued by the water turning from liquid to ice. That was very interesting seeing that. I never expected it to happen.
I love these videos
Very cool shirts!
I loved learning about the airplane wings.
Excited to watch science live today!
Love watching this every week!!
The shirts were great! I especially liked number 1 — it stood out nicely.
Hydrogen trains sounds like an amazing scientific breakthrough.
I love watching Science Live. It is always so intresting. I love learning about inventing. It makes me want to be a scientist someday.
These videos are so fun to watch and the teach so much! Thank you so much!
That was REALLY cool watching the water freeze so quickly.
I love watching Science Live
All the shirts were very creative but my favorite shirt has to be number one!
Science Live is my favorite part of the week.
Do you think inventors like Ben Franklin completed these same steps for inventing things?
I love watching Science Live 🥰, thank u so much for the amazing science experiments!
The t-shirts were cool to look at. I liked t-shirt number three that said Opportunity is Knocking.
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 copying the same thing over and over, so it is an extremely helpful invention.
Bravo Dr. Billings!
I always enjoy these lives!
i love to learn thank you
I liked the part where he said “sometimes life can throw you in a curve”.
Since the water froze instanly does that mean the water has chemicals in it?
Watching the water freeze and learning how it happened was fasinating
I didn’t know that about the ice on the wings.
Always enjoy learning new things about science through Science Live and seeing how far innovation has come in Breaking Through Science.
The way that the copy was created was so interesting. Now I know how the copy machine makes the copy.
I loved all of the shirts!!
howdy from ohio!
I had no idea that the airplanes could move heat to the wing.
The invention process is important and watching this video reminds me of that. Neat to watch!
This is so cool to be able to learn about this🫶
Thanks for sharing this video. I enjoyed watching this one as the invention process is important and overcoming challenges is just part of the process.
It’s cool to see his view on perseverance.
I love how we can see all the comments now
Science live is always interesting. I love learning all the cool stuff. The water freezing instantly was cool.
Scott here, can’t wait to see this weeks video.
i like to look at the comments
the tshirts were so fun!
I like number 5 because I live in South Africa
One of the greatest inventions are that of lift, now we can all fly. Wonder if we will have flying cars one day.
When the water was like normal water then when you hit the water on the table and then it turn into a block of ice.
And another shirt.
is it actually live
Loved the video can’t wait for the next one!!
The water bottle experiment was cool!
Here’s another shirt.
This is a shirt. And Science Live is live.
This episode was very interesting and fun to watch.
For an invention process, what is the average amount of failed attempts before they get to the ending process?
When the water froze so quickly, That was really cool!
good morning from texas, hope you all have a wonderful day
Why don’t they put a thin layer of antifreeze in the plane wing?