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 absolutely love this program!
OMG! That is so amazing! Thanks for the lesson, mr Roger Billings!
science live is my favorite part of the week! I always learn SO much!
Super informative, I like it.
Thanks for giving us the so informative live!!!!!!
I think its really cool how they just turned that bottle of water into ice. I also think its really satisfying too.
cool as always
Love it!
I love science!
This was an amazing video live! I also liked the shirts!
Forever love science
I love science. I can’t imagine the world without science!
The part about the invention of the photocopier was cool.
All of the shirts were great!
I LOVE SCIENCE!!!
This is so cool! Thank you Mr. Billings!
I’d like shirt number 4 with R-51 on it. How cool!
Love science live night my favorite! *
Science is so important to this world! It contains many process and cycles including the invention process which I think is pretty essential for people to know about.
I love the way Mr Billings said I could “invent” my study area.
I never knew inventing could be as simple as creating a t-shirt. Shirt #10 is my favorite by far. It’s so nice whenever I hear about students all around the world! It sometimes can feel lonely but the science live motivates me so much.
Acellus is the best, it has made learning so fun
Hydrogen trains will be amazing for the environment. hope I get to ride on a hydrogen train.
All the shirts were great! It was hard to pick a favorite.
Acellus has made learning so fun and more understandable for me. thank you.
The hydrogen trains sound good for the environment! I wonder how they thought of it?
I love how they went through so many shirts! It was so fun to watch.
Nice! Love it!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I liked the t-shirt that says (opportunity is knocking)
I liked those t-shirts Dr. Roger Billings was showing
Acellus is the greatest.
Science is amazing! Where would the world be without it. Thanks for all you and your team does!
Wow, the shirts look amazing! I love the 52# shirt, it’s so hilarious!
I liked how this episode showed that mistakes are actually part of creating something great
This program has been helping me so much. Thank you for this opportunity, without it I’m not sure what I would do.
I love all the t-shirts! Congratulations to the winners!!
Wow, I love Acellus! Roger Billings is sooo cool!!
I LOVE ACELLUS, these videos have taught me so many things I didn’t know!
It was very fun to see the interactive parts that were included in this Science Live! I love how creative the whole team is!
I absolutely loved the shirts, some gave me a chuckle.
So grateful for a school that I can attend from anywhere.
Wonder how long before houses can use hydrogen energy to power everything, and how often would you need to change the batteries? =)
I loved shirt #3: “Opportunity is knocking.”
It’s truly amazing how water can behave and how it affects planes that fly at high altitudes. I never knew that water could instantly freeze on the wings and cause problems with the drag and stability. But I’m so thankful that technology can help solve this problem and keep planes safer. Another thing I enjoyed about this Science Live was the really cool t-shirts submitted by fellow Acellus students. This Science Live was awesome. Thank you.
I love dr. billings he’s so funny. I can’t stop laughing after he says everything that’s funny. God bless Dr. Billings and Pojet Monet.🌺💜😍😇
acellus has worked wonders for me academicaly
Hydrogen trains would definitely be a step forward in science
What a great episode. I love hearing all about the hydrogen. Also, It was hard to choose what t-shirt I like best. They were all fantastic ideas.
I love learning about science.
I am interested to learn more about the hydrogen trains
Hydrogen Trains are awesome, they are very useful for transporting supplies and public transportation.
I like the quote “If you have a problem, keeps your eyes open because it could be an opportunity” great advise!! Shirt #5 would be my vote
I’m so thankful for inventioneers. Our lives are made so much better because of people trying different things to make quality of life better.
I enjoyed how the video displayed multiple topics and discussions in regards to how science has impacted multiple scientific discoveries and inventions. It was also refreshing to see someone who got education through Acellus because with that you convey a sense of familiarity and more security in the fact that you will get a good education through Acellus .
I absolutely love this program thanks to your team!!!
I love the program it makes everything so easy! Thank you to everyone.
These videos are always so great. Hydrogen is always a cool topic in our family and we love to hear about it.
I thought shirt number ten was the best, and science live has given me a different perspective on problems that have solutions, it has also expanded my curiosity and imagination, thank you Dr.Billings!
I love science! changes my life
I love watching these science live videos. Kickle Pickle was very funny and i feel bad for the people that don’t have a printer it would take forever to write stuff down.
I love these lives that they do. They give off so much information with a bit of laughter.
I love your videos on Science Live, Thank you Roger Billings!!
I didnt know that some trains were powered by Hydrogen! let alone that Hydrogen could even be used to power things like that.
Hi Dr. Roger Billings and Pajet!
Oh dear. Copying paper? I know what that invention is! It’s a printer!
R51, you used everyone’s ideas. At least Roger Billings helped.
I love science so much!
kickle pickle was my favorite
I absolutely love the shirt #7. The art is also very incredible!
we absolutely love this program is a perfect fit for our family. Thank you for the team and support that this offers.
I love your videos on Science Live, Roger Billings!
Congratulations Rihana! I hope I spelled your name correct.
The Sam 51 shirt was such a good idea! All of the T-shirt’s were very creative and I like the idea of voting for the most popular option.
I love watching these while getting ready for bed and listening to what Dr Billings has to say
Shirt number 10 was very funny. I really enjoyed hearing Dr. Billings use his radio voice.
R-51 is so funny. I look forward to seeing him during the Science Lives.
I loved this episode! The T-shirts were super unique and fun!
I always look forward to watching Science Live each week!
Thank you Dr. Billings for teaching us about Invention is very helpful.
acellus has made learning so much fun for me. thank you
Ha! I vote on R51 collaboration. I love the shirt
*I really enjoy Acellus. As someone with ADHD it has helped me to gain a better understanding of my studies
how does one acquire this much knowledge?
learning with acellus is so much fun
WOW the T-shirts are amazing
That’s really cool how that water froze inside the water bottle like magic, science is so much fun.
I love the t-shirt designs, I wouldn’t mind being a graphic designer in the future.
I thank it is coll that so meny kids did shirts and we now have hidreden trans . and I like that they are so meny inverters.
Science is my favorite subject. I love inventing with music. Hello, from Puerto Rico!
Acellus has so many cool classes that I didn’t even know about! it seems like
I’m finding out about a new one every single week! I can’t wait to have the opportunity to take one!!!
Accelus makes learning so much easier, thank you.
My T-shirt design, “If you can create it, you can make it happen!”. My superhero bear is flying in front of a city with skyscrapers. This design has a front and back. Learning with Acellus is inspiring!
I always thought how people who create inventions take time and patience. Which they can sometimes make mistakes where it can lead to success and their brilliance with efforts and dedication.
Science Live is super interesting especially learning about how certain things were created.
My Science Live T-shirt design I created! The front design has two bear astronauts inside of a rocket ship. The back design is a close up on different insects and a snail. I love learning with Acellus!
what is your fav invetion drB
Those were some great shirt ideas! Number 10 was my favorite!
Science live is such a good way of learning but also connecting with other student on acellus.
My son would be lost without this program
I watched this with my brother and we both enjoyed this episode!
Thank you for posting. I love how Science Live explains things.
Thank you for this Program, it has helped my sister and I tremendously.
I loved all the shirts but number one had to be the best one for me.
I thought those shirts were very interesting but if I had to pick on T-Shirt I would probably have to say the one about the hydrogen car
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Me and my Mimi watched together. She loved the Xerox history. I loved the shirt making. Awesome
I love the shirt designs! They are amazing!
I really enjoy the competition and voting for the invention of the T-shirt. And the video of Area 51, it so 🤣 funny.
I also like the explanation of the Copier Machine to resolve the problem of making a lot hand writing copies.
I really love science and I have to say it’s my favorite subject. My teacher this week said I should get a journal and put all my favorite stickers on it so that I can write down all the science things I’ll see outside. Like bird watching and watching the stars. I’m really excited to do that this week.
Thank you Roger Billings! I hope shirt number 2 wins!
My favorite shirt was #10.
I liked the shirt from Area 51 episode because he put all the designs together and it was so funny.
I’m from Uganda, and I’m always excited to discover the inventions explored on Science live! Thank Dr Roger Billings.
Wow i love science program. Thank you Roger Billings for these videos every week
I love science and technology! We don’t even stop to think how simple inventions make our lives so mich easier. I’m hoping to be part of the community that helps invent something that would benefit people and our world!
I love watching these videos every week. It was cool to learn about the printer!
That was amazing I loved shirt No. 12 id honestly wear it all the time if I could ! Beautiful work guys I love Acellus! But I love Science LIVE more! How do I find the resources to become an inventioneer?
I love the part where they talk about the process of creating the invention instead of just the invention. Very interesting!!
I LOVE shirt 12, I like the jet one too!
I loved shirt #5. All of those shirts are amaizing.
My favorite T-shirt is number two!
All the t-shirt designs were very unique and clever!
Wow, Science Live today was AWESOME! Thank you for the super exciting session!
I had such a blast trying to come up with the t-shirt caption. I was really, really hoping my shirt would get picked for the short list, so I’m a little sad it didn’t make it this time 🥺.
But seriously, thank you to Dr. Billings and Pajet for making science so fun and interesting. You guys make Science Live the best part of the week! And R51 is just the funniest! Every time R51 talks, I laugh.
See you next week!
I love science thank you Roger billings scholarship
I love that in acellus you can take your time and that actually helped my grades go up. and I love music to I like to write songs and just writing in general .and I the future I would love too do makeup for people because right know I do some of my friend makeup and they love it.and thank you acellus for helping me get my grades up.and also quick question how was the printer and its functions made.
I love Acellus!!
The 52 shirt is really cool and funny lol. I also wanna say thank for having this program I never had fun in school before.
i wonder how many tries it took for them to get the perfect frequency
You mentioned in the beginning of the video trains with hydrogen fuel cells, would that possibly be something that is considered for other forms of transportation such as cars?
that t-shirt which said “i want you to invent something” was funny ngl
We are grateful for this program. It works wonderful for our family. Thank you, Roger Billings and team
I really enjoyed seeing all the shirts that everyone invented!
It was so cool learning about the invention of the printer. It’s very interesting thinking about how a seemingly small invention impacts the world and our daily life so much!
kickle pickle was funny
science is my favorite subject and it is changing the world
I love the videos so does my mom
The hydrogen pun at the beginning was pretty good. Hearing that locomotive company’s are starting to use hydrogen fuel cells is good news, the more people that get exposed to alternative energy option the more people that will start to use them in there everyday life. Vibrating the wings of the plane to De-Ice it is definitely a way to do it but if the science says it’s more efficient then there is really no argument to start implementing it. I didn’t realize the photo copier’s invention was so interesting. Number two was my favorite shirt.
OMG I LOVE HYDROGEN TRAINS!!
I really enjoyed the way Dr. Billings talked about the process of inventing. I also enjoyed voting on the shirts.
I love science!
Very inspiring Dr. B!
The vibration in the wings of the airplane reminds me of a bird shaking water from its wings
Hydrogen powered locomotives are a fascinating concept.
Why do radio waves go farther at night?
Learning about how older printers worked was fun, I didn’t know that light could remove static electricity.
#4 is my favorite shirt!
I’ll start off with saying that DR. Roger has a wonderful radio voice. I’d also like to say that learning about the problem that inspired the printer was very inspiring. Science Live has been very interesting to me. John 3:16.
I like #4, #6, #8, #10, and the one R-51 made. They’re so cool, and I love R-51! ^^
I like #6 because r-51 is hilarious and very fitting for science live
Learning about inventions is so interesting!
Todd Edmund is my social studies teacher!
Hello from northern Texas! i like shirt #52 really creative and unique!
The: “I want YOU to invent something” shirt was brilliant!
Hello from Michigan! What happened with the cold water looks to be what happened with our weather up here lol
It was so interesting getting to see all the different shirt designs.
What are the most important steps in the invention process, from idea to final product?
What Doctor John was talking about is really cool! It’s crazy that the water in the bottle turned into ice!! 🥶
Really enjoyed this episode! Loved how they broke down the invention process and showed that anyone can be creative and come up with new ideas. Super inspiring!
i love how acellus career courses line up with people’s future careers
I think the Acellus shirts are cool!
I have been loving this homeschool program, and have even gotten some friends to try it as well!
Thank you! Acellus makes science fun!
Love this video! I love science❤️
I love this episode with Dr. Roger Billings so much.
Here’s my shirt. Took some inspo from shirt number 10.
I’d definitely wear the #1 shirt. My grandpa and I love cars.
my little brother just joined acellus thank you so much!!! hi from texas
Do you need certain credentials in order to be an inventor?
Number 10 is definitely my favorite, I think I will take some inspiration from it.
I like this Tobias part because the idea of a printer is the best thing that somebody could invent. Also, the whole shirt inventing thing that is happening right now, I love it because it is allowing people to be creative when it comes to little simple things in life like making a shirt.
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I like science. What would the world be without science?
Poor R51 he was just trying to make his own shirt.
I really like this program because of the teachers and because of science live.
I like #10 shirt. Thank you for the video!!!
WOW! that was so cool when the water instantly turned into ice! LOL kickle pickle was so funny .
-invention start as solution to problem or frustration .
-invention is a process , you test an idea,lear from failure and improve it.
R 51 is really funny.