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 #3!!
im happy to be with this amazing program.
I’m thankful to be in this academy! It helps me focus better than in-class school.
My favorite is either 10 or 52; but, it’s so hard to decide of how hilarious they are 😂😂😂.
I love shirt #1 because I love Acellus and my grandpa works on Ford mustang cars 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖and I’m from Chicago Illinois!
I love Acellus.
My favorite shirts would be #3 and #6; three is very inventive, and six is quite funny.
From Houston Texas this program is so entertaining and fun.
This is my first week using Acellus and I really like it. Thank you Dr. Billings.
I like number 3 the best and this program is amazing and all the shirts were creative and amazing.
Hello Mr. Billings i really love science. I plan that when i get to college i want to be a Zoologist and i hope to study to be one.
Dr. Todd is one of my favorite teachers!
I liked learning about the different anti – freeze methods.
I’m thankful for being homeschooled.
i’m from wisconsin and i really like shirt number 4 i think it is the most positive and cheery and i like it
I’m glad to be in this program thanks for the opportunity!
Magnificent lesson, greetings from Brazil!
I love shirt #6… R – 51!!!!
It was interesting to hear about the wings on the planes freezing. You would think that all the energy produced by the plane, they wouldn’t have to create something to melt the ice. I also liked shirts 4,6,8, and 10! Great Job!!
i’m thankful for a printer so i can print out my certificates!
Loved the shirt #10 science live FOVEVER❤️💙🤍❤️💙🤍❤️💙🤍❤️💙🤍❤️💙🤍❤️💙🤍❤️💙🤍❤️💙🤍❤️💙🤍❤️💙🤍❤️💙🤍❤️💙🤍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I like r-51 shirt
I know that it gets colder and colder as you go up in the atmosphere, but I don’t why REALLY understand why, because if you go up into space, wouldn’t you be getting closer to the sun? And our planet gets hot from the sun all the time, so I’m just a bit curious about that.
Shirt 52 is so hilarious I mean its so true😂😂😄.
R-51 really makes my day!
PS: Those shirts that had R-51 on them cracked me up!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m just saying I think Acellus is a great program
From Louisiana, I always do that water bottle trick. Glad to know the science behind it.
I really love how you encourage students and give them the opportunity to create things and encourage others to do it too
It’s cool has static electricity is used in the printer machine. I love how the guy turned his problem into a new invention. It inspire me to keep learning new things. I like number 2 & 12
This episode was very fun and interesting to watch and I just love the creativity that we all can take and turn it into something amazing.
If there was a single saying you could say to an aspiring engineer/inventioneer what would it be?
How big of a change would happen if all transportation turned to using hydrogen instead of gas.
Love shirt #8 the light by chemistry is my favorite episode by far right now!!
I really love the shirt designs, everyone who submitted a design did a very excellent job
Designing shirts is so fun but it can be very difficult. I liked shirt #3. Which one did you like?
I love all the shirts and im from florida!!!!!
I am from Kentucky, and I am saving for the robot.
Hello, from New York here. I am loving all of the course options!
I love all the shirts but i mostly like 8 and im saving my credits for the coding robot. Who else?
R – 51 Wants you 🫵🏻 to invent something
This program has been so good for me and my family!
I would like to vote specifically for number 52! What an awesome shirt design!
I like the shirt R51 did it…I hope we will be available soon!
I am thankful for Acellus because it provides much more knowledge than public schools.
Shirt #10 was my favorite, it was the perfect idea. I’m sure Dr Todd Edmond would appreciate it!
Really cool shirt, that last one R51 made was my favorite!!!
I enjoy DrB in these videos. I always learn something new.
I love learning from Acellus.
hi I’m new to Acellus but I love science live also I love to wach roger billings
I’m from Georgia, and I love these videos 👍 keep it up
I am also from nc! I loved all the shirts
I love this program so much I feel like i’m learning so much!
Really liked the R51 shirt
Thank you Acellus! I enjoy these a lot!
I love science live so much
I LOVE ACELLUS!
thank you I love the T-shirt’s. From Oxford Ar.
I love Acellus! It has helped me learn in a better way!
I really liked number 8 it was amazing❤️
I absolute love being with this program!
I really loved all the shirt designs! All of them were really creative
Hi from West Virginia, I’m glad this class is given weekly. It always has something interesting.
I like the shirts I would love a shirt with Lady Pajet Monet’s face and her favorite quote.
Congrats to all the T-shirt candidates that made it to this round. Love them all. Voting was the hardest. Since I had to make a choice I like#1. I had to think that this would be a cool T shirt gift for my Dad. My parents are my inspiration.
I love Science Live! The theories, cool facts, and just the whole thing itself in general is awesome!
#1 is my favorite T-shirt. My mom’s favorite one is #52.
Im from Ohio, all of the shirts shown were very creative and smart, you all did great. I think shirt number 4 was my favorite because it’s positive
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Being able to use vibrational frequency to penetrate ice crystals is such a meticulous concept! Just imagine, renewable resources such as this low-energy solution concentrated to create environmental-friendly planes. Hopefully, we will see more solutions such as these to improve climate change and the planet’s wellbeing, and possibly, even hydrogen powered planes!
I really enjoyed this episode and love this program!! I liked #10!!!!
This was all so informative. I loved the part about the how the printers works and how xerox printer was the first high quality printer during that time.
the story about your broadcast announcement is so funny!! That would be just my luck too haha
Inspired to be an inventioneer!
I just got a shirt! I have been saving for a long time. It came in the mail yesterday, and I am wearing it right now.
So Dr. John said some scientists are trying to figure out how to get ice off planes, and that made me think about hand warmers. You know how hand warmers only heat up when you move them around? Imagine if scientists could make something like that for planes — but it only activates when there’s an impact or something. That would be pretty cool.
We absolutely love this program is a perfect fit for our family. Thank you for the team and support that this offers.
I love science. What would the world be without science?
I really like the in-depth explanation behind the printer invention, it was super cool to learn about!
We absolutely love this program thank you Roger Billings and your team
This is awesome!
Hey frome Omaha, Nebraska, what is hydrogen made up of and how does it power a train?
Are hydrogen trains better for the environment and can they be used for public transportation?
The person who made shirt #1 has really good taste in cars, nice Mustang.
Hello from Nevada this video was cool. I liked shirt number 12
#10 is my favorite and I’m glad it got the TOP 5! It embodies creativity while also being very patriotic and showing that America is a nation of opportunity and innovation!
I think shirt number 6 would be quite funny if lots of people showed up wearing it to show that maybe there’s an R-51 in all of us…
The segment about overcoming challenges in the invention journey was my favorite part. It is not just about the idea, but the perseverance!
The “Are We There Yet” spaceship design is a collaboration between my sister Elena and I. We each submitted a design of it with a differing rocket graphic.
My Dad got our water bottles to freeze like that when on vacation.
I like the Sam 51 shirt. It was hysterical and I hope I can make a shirt as funny as that!
acellus has made learning so much fun for me. thank you.
My t-shirt idea.
just making sure you got this.
Always fascinating to see interesting inventions!
Hydrogen trains sound like they could be something really worth working on.
My t-shirt design.
Are we there yet?
I have always loved inventing things. I’m so glad this program reinforces the need for inventions at a young age.
We are grateful for this program. It works wonderful for our family. Thank you, Roger Billings and team
This video totally opened my eyes to being more influential with my inventions or ideas !
so thankful for accessible, quality school I can take ANYWHERE
My family is grateful for this program
I love these videos
Thank you for letting students like me watch these science live episodes after they are done airing!
Thankful to be here!
My 20 year old sister even started watching Science Live today.
My dream is to become a great inventor. I want to use my ideas to make the world better. I think inventing is fun because you can imagine, test, and improve your creations.
Never realized how funny Dr. Billings is! I love science live!
Hello from Nevada! I liked all of them but my favorite was number 2.
I wonder how much money can I make te shirts for. R-51 is funny 🤣😂
Great video always learn so much from Dr.B and everyone at acellus
shirts are awesome! my favorite is #10
The invention process includes finding a problem, thinking of ideas, making a model, and testing it to see if it works.
I think science live is an amazing eye opener to students. I feel like it gives me a little bit of a boost to get through the rest of my school work that I need to do. Anybody else agree?
I love R51’s idea. It’s very fun and creative.
Hello from Michigan. I’d like to drink the super cool water!
Robert Redford is one of my dads favorite actors.
i love these amazing videos it is inspriring me to invent things
This episode has to be one of my favorites. The printer explanation was so cool !!
I am glad Acellus is a learning program. I love to learn with Acellucs!
shirt number 8 i LOVE lemons
What would you pick, hydrogen car or hydrogen train.
Eletric vehicles seem the best way to go, as far as safety. Electric vehicles are getting more and more range, so I think eventually that wont be an issue. Especially with solar power charging and things like that. Just please get rid of wind farms. They cost more than they generate and they are terrible for the environment I hear.
How do you keep someone else from taking your ideas
I like how the video starts with the way we deal with ice on the wings of planes. I wonder about this a lot because I’ve been flying more recently and I can see on the tv’s how cold it is outside. I’ve always wondered why its just the wings that freeze but I’m assuming its because that’s what is furthest from the actual body of the plane. I am not done with the video yet though, so I hope I find out.
I hope in the future there would be hydrogen trains in Vietnam, look forward to trying it someday.
I love this program and loved shirt 3. From Tennessee
All the t shirts are really cool! I liked #10 the best. I also liked learning about the copy machine. I’m glad I don’t have to hand copy everything. That would take forever! Thank you!
Would hydrogen cost more to make than gas?
I’m from Nevada. I love Science Live!!!
My question is why do radio waves go farther at night?
Science Live is so much fun!
This is my last design. I made this to inspire all the students to keep working hard and earning Acellus Gold. I see it as real treasure. I hope you like it! My legal name is Alvin, but I go by Buddy III. I’m so thankful for Acellus Academy. I’m in fifth grade and this is my second year with Acellus. I’m grateful my parents found Acellus! I really enjoy learning and doing school now. Thank you!
Definitely my favorite program.
Watching from ND ……..love the T shirts ideas
I never knew about how the air planes wing freeze. I thought the only problem people had to figure out was how to make it fast, and how to make it actually fly. Well this was another great video!
Isn’t the Earth technically a perpetual motion machine, because it is constantly moving through space?
I love the way you talk about problem , and accepting a problem is an opportunity to explore more aspects of it
Hello from Missouri! It is cool that people are using hydrogen to power their vehicles. My favorite shirts were numbers three and five since they inspired me; I like the other shirts too. I have a question, what happens to your online classmates after the school year is over on the homeschool portion? Do you get to keep them for the next year? I asked this question because I would like to keep them.
WHOO HYDROGEN TRAINS🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I always find the breakthrough moments in science the most interesting, amazing stuff!
How exciting – I love trains!
Hi I’m watching from Delaware love all the tshirt designs y’all
Hello from Alabama, I love watching science live. Y’all always bring a smile on my face.
R-51 is so funny. his shirts are awesome. I really liked his shirt design of Lady Pajet. every ones shirts looked really good though. I enjoy science live because i learn so much from Roger Billings, i look forward to it every week.
Hii, today’s science live episode was pretty interesting. I liked shirt #3 but all the shirt designs were very creativee
I really cant wait to see what shirts pop up on the acellus store, may the best ones win!
I really like how Dr. Billings teaches about inventions coming from wanting to make the world a better place.
I liked the hydrogen trains coming to America.
I loved the R-51 did it shirt, it was really neat but all of the shirts were really good. I really enjoy watching science live every week, its so fun and i learn a lot of new things.
I would have never thought that if you vibrate the ice of the aircraft it well come off i find that very instesting! Oh and Yes I’m from South Carolina!
Choosing a favorite shirt has a lot of factors to it. Everything from the inspiration of the wording, the font, the color scheme, and so much more. Good job everyone.
I love watching these every week! Inventions make the world more amazing and interesting.
I really liked when Dr. Tobias was talking about Chester Carlson. I learned a lot about him that i did not know. I loved all the T-Shirts, they all did a good job, its really hard to choose just one. I really like watching science lives every week because they are awesome to listen to and i learn a lot from them.
I am thankful for being home schooled.
This is my last one. Thank you! i hope you receive all 3 designs.
I enjoyed learning about the creation of the copy machine and also all the shirt designs. I did not know that Dr. Billings was a radio announcer.
r-51 is so funny, he cracks me up
Airplanes take a lot of work and detail to make sure that nothing goes wrong in the flight process, because one wrong error can be catastrophic.
I love all the shirts! That contest was a great idea. Also, seems like a lot of work to print ink on paper!
The shirt ideas were so good. They all looked really impressive. My favorite was the 1st shirt with the hydrogen mustang on it. It was neat to learn about perseverance and inventions and how it is needed to follow through.
I like your broadcaster voice
I love working towards a goal with my Acellus points. I want the stem robot.
If your experiment is failing, how do you know when it’s time to move onto a new idea?
Hi from Texas! The Shirts are amazing! My favorite was ether #10 or #6!
Thank you Dr. Billings for encouraging us to be creative! I’m going to submit my designs. I was sick last week, but I’m much better now.
We are listening to you always! Thank you for all you do. May God bless you and Acellus!
You should add shirt 51 and 52 because R51 has some really good ideas to! xD
Wow, what an amazing dive into the invention process! 🔧 I loved how you explained why inventors do what they do, not just what they do. Thanks for the inspiration!
I can’t believe students made all of those! So proud of my fellow students!
I Iive in San Bernardino CA and it’s awesome that the train is using hydrogen instead of gas or batteries to make the earth a safer place.
I love all the Shirts that the students made, I always excited of watching Science Live every single Wednesday, It makes me feel happy and proud.
oooh, hydrogen trains are coming to the US?! Thats super cool! That will help streamline everything! Especially for people traveling place to place.
Thank you for another awesome video! I didn’t know that copy machines worked with static electricity!
I love the shirts! Acellus is the BEST!
Hello from Montana! all of the shirts are so creative, my favorites are number 4 and 11.
Why is it when you go higher up in space it gets colder and not warmer.