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 love t-shirt number 10
I also like how when one person has an idea and another person has an idea that when they come togerther the idea they make is better, (Destinee R) Everyone did such an awesome job on the shirts and I had an amazing time watching today.
I loved the train!!
Futuristic car t shirt design
R-51 had me laughing so hard i love it the most
I love learning about science
The shirts were all great! I liked #2 a lot, It’s very inspiring and represents Dr. Billings and Lady Paget both perfectly! :]
I love science live! I learn so much and R-51 is so funny he makes me laugh 😀
I really liked Dr. Billings answer to “What is better?” It really helps to narrow down what is worth working for in life.
I love these shirts ! the first one was my favorite though
I want you to invent something T-shirt was funny i liked it!
#6 is a really funny and cool shirt !!!
I always wondered how planes didn’t freeze when they get that high.
I really liked the new Acellus live shirts. My favorite was shirt #1.
I love the when one person has an idea and another person has an idea when they come together they can have an even better idea. I feel like that is a key part to life that two people is always better than one
I thoroughly enjoyed Dr. Billings story about his time speaking and working on the radio; such a fun story! I’m very glad that we could see the top 12 T – shirts! I wish I had voted but I couldn’t make it to the live, I still enjoyed watching!! Everyone did an amazing job with their shirts, and I had fun making one of my one!
Love the shirts especially number 1 with the 1965 Ford Mustang Hatchback.
R51 is so funny I like him
I love the 10 is my favorite
R-51 for sure
All those t-shirts were so creative, but my favorite one by far has to be the one where Dr. Rodger Billings is Uncle Sam! “I want YOU to invent something”!
I love the T- shirts! I love the first one because i love cars.
I love all the shirts. My favorite is #1. I think it is motivating!
I thoroughly enjoyed Dr. Billings story about his time speaking and working on the radio; such a fun story! I’m very glad that we could see the top 12 T – shirts! I wish I had voted but I couldn’t make it to the live, I still enjoyed watching!! Everyone did an amazing job with their shirts, and I had fun making one of my one!
my vote is the one that says: r.-51 did it!!
Those hydrogen trains sound cool, you already did it with a car why not a train.
*Comment I like #10 Uncle Sam. I love America. Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.
Number 10 was the best I want you!
I love that Dr. Billings mentioned that your environment affects your creativity.
i think R 51 just makes these better.
Comment I love how Dr. John talk about cool water and airplanes*
love all the t-shirts
My favorite tshirt was the tenth one.
We love watching Science Live each week! I learn something new each week!
I love watching these! The t-shirts were so cool!
Enjoyed seeing the shirts. Interesting to hear more about the hydrogen trains.
Hearing from an Acellus student was motivating.
I thought it was really cool learning about how if the water froze then it could affect the flight of the airplanes. R51 was so funny when he tried to make a shirt with the stickers. Hickle Pickle.
Hi from California, I loved ths weeks science live!
The technology spotlight was awesome! 51 is too funny. Thank you dr billings for making Acellus it is the best 🙂
I love watching science live every week!
I really liked hearing from an Acellus student.
love science!
i liked number 10 the “i want you to invent something”.
T-shirts were funny and I think how the printer worked was interesting too.
My favorite shirt is the hydrogen car shirt! Shirt number 1 is my vote!
Dr. Billings, did you enjoy working in the radio station at night?
I really enjoyed todays show! enjoyed learning about ice and seeing all the great shirts!
I really think that the T-shirt design challenge was a great idea to inspire many people!
The water trick was pretty cool! I need to learn how to do it
if the vote is still open, my favourite t-shirt is ‘When life gives you lemons make fireflies’
I Love the t-shirt r. 51 did it
Number 2 Shirt is so good I love it.
Todd Edmond is one of my favorite Acellus teachers!
Loveeeeeee the shirts!!!!
Wow this was so intertaining to watch.
Inventioneering T-shirt is my favorite!
hi I love your science live and I love Acellus my favorite class is ASL sign language class in sign language it is fun to learn about it because I can show my family and friends about it and I love my sign language teacher because she really helps me a lot and now and then I have a little trouble with my Acellus classes but I get the help I need I am doing really good in my classes right now and I am working up to get one of your guys tshirts.
The chilled water was so cool but does it need a specific temperature to freeze or is it in a range?
R51 is funny
This was super interesting! Can’t wait for the next one!
If I were to vote for a shirt, number 12 would be my pick! It looks great!
The T-Shirts were all very cool and creative! Great episode!
Dr. Tobias’s lesson on static electricity was very interesting.
My personal favorite shirts are #9 and #10
These shirts are so fun! Good job everyone who designed one, they’re all great
Everyones shirt was cool and awesome it there own kind of way.
I love watching science live
I enjoy learning something from science live every week.
Hello from Pennsylvania!! Loving the T-Shirts!!!
i love the i want you to invent something shirt
i love the shirts because they made me smile
All of the shirts are amazing! What degree do you have to have the water cooled so that when you tap it that it becomes completely solid?
Science live is amazing 🤩🤪🥰
The t-shirts are really cute I like them!!!!!!
hello it’s so cool how he took an every day problem and made it an invention that people use every day
if hydrogen is like a type of gas, how does it fuel trains to make them go?
everyone did so good on the shirts! if i had to vote for one i would vote for number 1. i love old looking cars and that one just perfect for me!
R 51 is the BEST!
l love Acellus
My dad is always telling me I am just one idea away from huge success.
Love the Tshirt that won first place
I want to vote for number 6 because it is my favorite shirt and I would love to wear it all the time!!!
I watch this with my family.
Science is my favorite subject. What is yours?
I love watching these. My shirt vote is #1 because it looks so cool
KICKLE PICKLE IS SSSSOOO FUNNY!!!!!!!!!
I love watching science live with Dr Billings.
My vote for the T shirt the 1.
Im so happy that number 10 won 4th place!!!!!!
Another great Science live!
Learning about science each week is fun i’ve always enjoyed science way more then any of the other subjects i look forward to watching this each week
I love being able to learn more about science. See you next week.
I love Science Live. I love learning all the new things. The water turning instantly to ice was my favorite part.
I love science! I think it is super cool and I learn new things each week.
Wow!
The world is going to be so much better with hydrogen
Very interesting! Loved the supercooling water
I liked seeing all of the shirts that kids made.
I really enjoy these science lives because I get to learn about something in different fun ways and also about things that I never ever thought that would ever exist. I learn something new every time I watch them. Today I learned something new about the ice on the wing. Something else that is cool to me is how someone can focus on one element such as hydrogen and invent different inventions. Very fun tool to learn new things.
My name is Meadow from Alabama. I enjoyed this episode especially seeing all the shirts! My favorite shirt was number 11. I am new here and am excited to see and learn more throughout my years to come with Acellus! I love science!!!
How did you get people to invest in your compianes?
Rihanna has honestly given me some hope and motivation, before I entered Acellus, I used to be in chorus so her message really got to me.
#10 is so funny I chose that one 🤣 😂 😆
Love the shirts!
i love science live
love the stickers on the shirt!
I like science live a lot, it has taught me a lot of cool things, and I will probably keep watching after I graduate
I’ve always liked the Breakthrough Moments in Science. Tobias is funny.
how much of a differnce can just a bit of extra weight make on an aircraft?
Thanks for showing the T-shirts!
I hope everyone enjoyed this weeks video as much as I did.
I find these topics fascinating, and I love learning new things every Wednesday.
Those shirts are so cool looking forward to get one my favorite is the science live one with the beaker
Great show!!!! All the shirts were so cleaver. I think I like R-51’s collaboration shirt. Haha.
Aria
By the way Cindi B really love the shirt you put in comments “with Acellus you can BEE amazing” it’s so creative love it
I find joy in finding out new things everyday in live science
I like the water trick
The Breaking Through Science segment is always my favorite part. It is cool to learn about our inventions.
Hydrogen Trains sound AWESOME!!!
the t-shirts look awesome!
it was cool to see the way printing works
This is the best school!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i think science is really cool.
i love your acellus live a lot it really makes a difference in my day and i really like science.
Trains fueled by hydrogen is quite an astounding idea.
R-51 definitely is the ray of sunshine here.
#4 definitely
i love this science live, i love watching and learning more and more ever week! the more you know! ice clouds exists!
I really liked shirts #2, #4, #6, #8, #9, #11, and #12 but, shirt #6 was my favorite with the “r51 did it” I loved that
Those tshirts look amazing!
I realy liked the story about inventing a copier. That was such a smart way to make your job easier. 😆
52 52 52 i love the shirt 52!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ❤️ 😍🤪
R51 is so hilarious I’m always laughing at his antics. And all of those shirts are so cool and amazing, I love seeing all the different designs!
Great science live, awesome to see all the amazing T-shirt submissions across the globe.
Hydrogen is the future!!!
I’m from MI. I vote number 10.
I liked the first shirt, it had the cleanest design. Good job everyone
hello from Princeton IN
I always enjoy SCIENCE LIVE!!!!!
love you all ( yes you to R-51 )
I love all the shirts I cant choose one!!!! 🙂 love all of you
I love learning things in Science Live!
love the tshirts!
I found it interesting when the “supercooled” water was instantly transformed into ice when you hit it on the table.
My vote is for the shirt that says “When life gives you lemons, make fireflies,” because it encourages people to make the most of their life and inspire others.
I LOVE SCIENCE! I love learning something new each week.
Rose M.
(ND)
I think science is neat and cool. I really enjoy the science live every week. I learn so many more neat things weekly. Thank you!!!!!
It was fun hearing about the xorox machine and the way it prints things!!
Thank you science live for telling us who the top 12 were. Good job to everyone I loved everyone’s t-shirts !
what is DR billings favorite animal?
I enjoy watching this with my family.
this science live was so good!!
I want to invent something. I need to get to thinking
Rihanna’s hair is really pretty!
Congrats to everyone who got into the top 12 t shirt designs! The water bottle that froze was amazing! Also if we are still doing voting, I’d vote for #4.
i think these topics are so fascinating and I love learning new things every day.
I liked when Dr John talked about super cool water that is already lower than freezing tempeture.
Hi Dr. Roger Billings. This Wednesday Class was so interesting. I can wait for next week. Bye
heehee r51 did it is my favorite of the list
Thank you Science Live for everything you do for Acellus.
Wow, Everyone did a really good job on their shirts!
really loved this whole thing! cant wait to see more!
It’s so fascinating and I love learning about new things every day.
I enjoyed this science live! thank you!
I really liked the video!
I love learning about science too, thank you Roger Billings for teaching me.
Love all the shirts!
What I learned is that when you are designing a T-shirt, you want to put a message on the shirt that people can relate to.
your lives are really good. i wanna see more! What’s the name of the process by which cells divide to create identical cells?
i’m going to miss acellus when i graduate
How do I vote on t-shirts?
The invention process involves identifying a problem, researching solutions, documenting your idea, designing and prototyping the invention, testing and refining it, and finally, pursuing commercialization through patenting, manufacturing, or licensing.
How many copies can a copier machine make in 60 seconds now?
watching and learning how the water freezed was facinating.
I really loved the technology spot light.
What kind of liquid is used in the weeping wing?
I was finally able to buy the R51 scribbler on Monday
Great video this week!
This is a great episode!
Hello from North Carolina.