285. The Invention Process
November 5, 2025 âąÂ 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 processâfrom 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 lifeâand 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 âDrBâ 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 DrBâs lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to âgive backâ by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.
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My Dad uses this process when he invents things!
Learning from Texas! Great live, love the creative t-shirts.
My son really enjoys your program! We appreciate the various counselors and teachers personalities that keep it interesting when he is learning everyday!
Loved this science live, can’t wait to watch the next one.
The weekly videos have helped me a great deal. Ever since I started this program, I have had so much time to study for my classes. Thank you, DrB.
Science Live is GREAT! I would watch everyone of them even if I wasn’t in the scholarship program. Go Dr B!
We love this online classes for me and my brother!! We enjoy listening to all the new things we can learn about on Science Live!!
I love this episode it was so good definitely in my top 10!
We thank you for the brilliant information you have shared with us regarding inventioneering!!!
R 51 is very funny. I am shocked to hear that hydrogen cars and trains, and planes are going to make the world a better place. Having a photocopier would be hard for people back then.
really enjoyed the latest Science Live episode â I love how it makes science feel practical and inspiring. The experiments and explanations were super easy to follow!â
I am thankful for Acellus Academy and having the opportunity to learn from home in a more comfortable setting for me. My favorite courses so far have been American Sign Language and Collaborative Theatre. Thank you Dr. Billings and team!
thank you so much for acellus. I vote for number 3 t-shirt. what would the world be like without science.
The technology shown in Dr. John’s part for plane wings to keep ice off of them and the show of the aerodynamics of a plane wing and how sensitive and important they are was really interesting.
I like number 11 because I love Acellus!
This is my shirt idea!
With Science Live I learn some new things each episode and makes me feel inspired!
The experiments of many inventors allow us to fly safely. I’m going to turn my inconvenience into an invention, too.
R51 was just so funny
I really enjoyed the in-depth explanation of the invention of the printer! I didnât realize just how much science comes into everyday life and experiences!
I hope the hydrogen trains would be better for the environment!
Emmett loves R51 and the t shirt designs.
I want to see more hydrogen trains I wonder if we can use them for transport
I like how you let us use our imagination
this was really cool to watch! I liked how they came up with their own shirt designs and voted on them. Itâs awesome seeing creativity and science come together like that. Great job and congratulations to everyone who worked on it!
I loved all the shirts but I loved the first one best though. Thank you so much for making such a fun and interesting lecture available for all students
wow easy to take for granted the things that you use on a daily basis. The printer is something i use almost every day and to now how it was invented, its just amazing.
The printer inventers story is really inspiring. I think my favorite shirts are probably numbers 8 and 10, I thought that they were very cool.
It seems like a lot of people worked very hard on their designs for the shirts. They did a great job.
I’m researching hydrogen fuel after watching this episode.
Shirt #3 is definitely my favorite, it looks awesome!
How does the earth stay hot from the sun, yet the upper atmosphere can ice planes.
hope hydrogen becomes the next big thing. It seems it can be extremely useful and maybe even renewable.
I really enjoyed learning about the explanation behind the printer invention
Another great episode! We really enjoyed seeing the t-shirt designs that were chosen and we liked #9 the best đ
Really enjoyed this episode! Giving us students this type of recognition is so great
We love this program and how easy it makes it to learn so many new things at a great pace!
These shirts are so cute for science live!
We love this program and how much easy it makes it to learn so many things!
Great video about the Invention Process!
Love how I get to learn more about things that the either don’t get taught or don’t go far enough in to detail in a normal class
R51 shirt is so crowded. My brain would probably explode if I actually saw somebody wearing itđ
He is such a goofball, love himâ€ïž
This
is a really great video and I love Dr. Billings.
We absolutely love this program is a perfect fit for our family. Thank you for the team and support that this offers.
Hydrogen trains sound so interesting
Number 1 is my favorite! My family and i love watching these videos so grateful to be here!!
It’s fascinating how people manage to invent things like airplanes or jets, I always wondered how they figure it out.
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My first science live and loved the T-shirts. Can’t wait to invent one of my own.
It was very interesting when Dr. John was talking about how the Plane Wings work.
Best homeschooling program by far! Love Acellus!
Hello from Georgia. Loved the stuff on the invention of the printer.
12 is the shirt I like the best. I hope to solve a problem with an invention one day.
I love watching these videos each week. We usually make it a family thing since my older brother attends Acellus too!
Kickle Pickle was hilarious! Love watching weekly lives!
I enjoyed learning about how the first copy machine was created from Dr. Tobias.
I love the T-shirt number 1 because if has a beautiful car on it.
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I like the Xerox copy machine story. I like R51âs t shirt and the #1 shirt with the hydrogen car on it.
“kickle pickle” caught me so off guard. You should TradeMark that đ€Łđ Science live is so great.
Thanks for the fun science video! love learning new things!
We are certainly listening! Is it possible that another reason you had to turn down the power on the radio station is that since there is less noise interfering with your sound waves, it can actually harm the human ear if the power is that strong? Or is it simply because you guys did not want to interfere with the other stations?
I LOVED WHEN ROGER BILLINGS SAID WELL DUH!
I enjoy Science Live every week, my favorite segment is R51, he cracks me up.
This video was very educational and entertaining. I especially like the part about the Figi Water and the T-shirt project.
The Kickle Pickle was so funny!
I loved how in the beginning Dr. Billings spoke about why he was doing the lesson.
This is so cool! I love science, it’s amazing how thing work!
I love R51 he is super funny
I completely agree. Inventing should be about helping people, not about the money.
This lesson was very funny! Thank you Roger Billings and r-51!
I absolutely love this program is a perfect fit for me and my family thank you for the team and support that this offers.
I hope that when the hydrogen trains in California prove successful in saving money on fuel and helping the environment, that other companies will follow. l like shirt number 8 with R51. It would be funny if he wore it on Science Live.
Science Live Rocks!
I love Dr. Joshua’s lectures!
Science Live is Awesome! God bless you guys!
Adrianna loves this kind of learning. Its her first year and she doesn’t mind going to school everyday.
I love when Dr. Billings said, âItâs not enough!â We have to inspire people and make the world a better place. Powerful words!
How exciting I love how we are able to vote for the shirt that we like I love Acellusđ
Science is so cool, I can’t believe you can do so much with just testing stuff out plus research!
I loved the live, interactive vote. That was fun.
I enjoy this program more than ever. I love the videos too!
I really like acellus because its a great program, it provides help if needed. and i really like shirt #2 because i love how it said the goals thing, and the creativity the person put on it!
Thank you for the information on submitting ideas to Amazon for shirt ideas. I had no ideas that you could do that and even get paid.
Wow! Hydrogen sure is amazing! I can’t wait see the impact of Hydrogen thru the years!
I love Accelus. I low you can make up your own schedule. Thank you Accelus
Thank you for making learning easier, and less stressful!
I really do enjoy Dr Tobias’s segments. I have a great love of history and enjoy learning the history of how things are invented and how they apply to our modern world.
]*kickle pickle was HILARIOUS
Number 7 and 10 were my favorite! 7 because it was simple and 10 because Estrella s my classmate! Amazing job!
When Dr. John discussed researchers discovering a way to use a resonance frequency to make ice fall off the wing, wouldn’t a heat sink connecting the wing to the engine help cool it down and reach higher RPMs more efficiently?
Hello from West Virginia! I am very interested in the advancement of Hydrogen.
When will they make hydrogen homes for everyone?
The shirts look great good job to all who made it to the top!
I love how Acellus is helping their students accomplish what they hope to be doing in their life.
Kickle pickle had me laughing. This is my first day at Acellus and I love it!!
Always love joining, it full of so much knowledge and so many new ideas.
Science live was awesome as always! Thank you Rodger Billings and Pajet Monet!
I have done the water experiment with my mom before. It was super cool!
This program is so fun and funny the best part is always the part with r -51 in it
You guys should invent a hydrogen plane. Dr. Roger Billings you made the word kiccle pickle get stuck in my head now. Anyways thank you Dr. Billings.
I thought it was really interesting to learn the process of how an invention is created and after learning about the process it has inspired me to come up with a lot of possible inventions.
I enjoy watching science live every week! I think it would be cool to ride on a hydrogen train.
All the shirts were good but r51’s said Pajet makes my believe in myself and in aliens.
Here in Brazil, we love this program! Thank you
I liked the explanation of how planes keep from freezing! What kind of liquid is typically used?
Thank you Dr. Roger Billings and Dr. Pajet Monet for this awesome Science Live episode. We are very grateful to watch this weekly.
Photo copiers are way more complex than i ever would have imagined! Also my favorite shirt was number 4
I couldn’t even imagine how much my hands would hurt after writing that many copies by hand!
Excellent program, my fovaorite shirts are number one and number 52 i love that you are putting this together. and i am excited to hear about he hydrogen trains!!
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the shirts are so cool!
I liked the funny name he made up for the radio station.
I thought it was hilarious hearing about the radio story and it was really cool to see all of the top 12 shirts and see everybodyâs designs
Thank you for keeping us inspired! Invention seems intimidating but you make it seem a little more possible.
I love the First shirt
That was so funny and entertaining I love science 52 for the win!đ
On next one make a shout out to my mom and my dad pls they help a lot and I would not be on Acellus without them pls it would be my dream
I feel like Kickle pickle could also be a T-shirt!
All the shirts are so cool! I also hope that hydrogen trains get more love because they sound very interesting.
The invention process is pretty cool. I think everyone is probably pretty happy that Chester created the first copy machine cause it saves so much time and work.
My favorite shirt Idea was 8 and 4 they both cracked me upđ€Ł. I think that people only say that cant do something because they haven’t tried hard enough. Let me just say from experience that the more you grow the more you learn what ideas make you stronger. Even if it is bad you always learn something new and like always if there is a problem there is always a solution. R 51 you are…special in your own way. Thank you!đ
My favorite videos always looking forward to these. The way science has shaped our life is so facinating.
By âhydrogen trains are coming to Americaâ do you mean they were in other countries before or is America first to invent them?
The invention process was interesting I learned alot from this lesson.
Just got to love R51 and DR. Billings!
Iâm really enjoying these Science Live sessions! Inventing is all about discovery and trying to make the world a better place. Itâs not all about the money! I really enjoyed voting on the shirts! That was so fun! I hope #1 wins because I love the car on it!
This is awesome!!!!!!!
I love being creative. Creativity can go hand in hand with science. Thank you for this program.
This program has helped me enjoy homeschooling so much more!
I love the episode! ACELLUS IS THE BEST!đŁïž
i love these lives!
I LOVE R51
If iâm being honest i think science is my favorite subject ever!!!
Science is so interesting its amazing to get to learn how the printer works and the backstory!
I like the 8th one!
I love science live itâs amazing, my favorite shirt was no.1!!
I really enjoyed the in-depth explanation of the invention of the printer.
Science is a beautiful journey of curiosity and discovery.
Love this program. Science. Is the key to everything.
Our daughter really liked the Area 51 portion of the video. She likes the goofier side of learning. Thank you!
Wow!!! Acellus is amazing!!
The invention of the printer is such a great example of how an idea can completely change the way we share information. It’s fascinating to see how coding can do such wonderous things and help us greatly in our everyday lives.
Turning a great idea into a success means following the invention process: start with inspiration, design and test your solution, get feedback, and refine it. The key is creating something people truly love and connect with.
acellus has made learning so much fun for me
I wasn’t able to add color to this ; (
Hydrogen powered vehicles are awsome! BTW I think that it could be really cool if you could add stationary supplies to the Acellus Gold Rewards like notebooks and pens and pencils to help us study.
Great Video. Thanks for everything. Acellus is the BEST!
Our family loves this program!!!! Thank you for providing such a great thing for our family!!!
I love seeing all the people that acellus has inspires. That also inspires me to continĂșe chasing My dreams.
Your so cool science is funnnnnn!
This is really cool news about the trains. If only they could perfect the battery powered trains too to have multiple options. That would be really cool
Thank you so much for Acellus. I love it and the shirts are all cool.
I like hearing what other students share about how Acellus helped them. I know the staff will help me too.
My favorite shirt design is #10.
Congratulations to all the shirt winners! I also love this new program.
Mr. Tobias’s lesson was so cool!
I like all the of the t-shirt designs. I think they are very creative.
this is so cool!!!
Always an informative and interesting time!
we vote for a few shirts but #1 was my favorite.
I always look forward to science live!
This episode of Science Live aired on my birthday! Also it is pretty cool that we are using hydrogen powered trains, that is really useful.
I am really looking forward to the Investigating Careers class. I really feel like it will helped students make informed decisions regarding their future careers.
I like watching Science Live and learning about new things each week and how the invention process works. I also liked how you said, nickle pickle after the radio show ended and your bosses wife was listening because you wanted to see if anyone was still listening.
I’m watching Science Live and enjoy learning about so many different things each week, like where does discovery come from- in the beginning. For example what is the problem and you can work through the science of invention.
I absolutely love this program its so cool! I also love the t-shirts 1 and 6!
I loved all the T-shirt designs so creative!
Awesome!
Great Video. I love watching these videos
I liked the part with the super cool water
Hydrogen trains are so neat!
I love Acellus.
My name is Mason, I really love this program! And my favorite courses are anything science related.
I am here watching from Texas! I love learning with science live.