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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Science live is awesome 👌
Acellus is my favourite homeschool!
Hello, from Pennsylvania, tuning in. I love seeing all the creativity from other students.
I love the creative shirt designs!
I never knew there were so many different things to explore and learn on Acellus!
Love the shirts so much! Always fun to watch Science live each week.
number four is the coolest shirt
Great video! Thank you Acellus for the best homeschooling
great video!! Watching from Florida!
r51 made my favorite shirt!!!!
I’ve learned a lot from Science Live.
If your creative idea involved a product, what would be the absolute first step you’d take to make it real, even if you had limited resources?
I would love to have a shirt designed by R-51 about pilfering!
10 is the best shirt because it’s so funny and encouraging!
I thought the shirt competition was amazing. I thought 8 and 51 were both the best!
I really like the “I want you to invent something” shirt
It’s fascinating how this episode connects creativity with practical application especially showing how even simple projects like student T-shirt designs can illustrate the broader invention process
Watching the Science Live today with the t=shirt challege has really made me think about how this works, It shows that opening up and thinking things out can be great. I’m excited for the next competition.
Hello from Arkansas!
Being with Acellus is amazing and I have learned so much!
I love Acellus because it teaches me all i need to know in a much more fun and quick way
I love this so much and I think that Dr. B should be an sports announcer.
After watching science live it makes me want to be an inventor
I think that Acellus is the best and it should be the number 1 school in the world.
wow this is amazing my daughter keeps asking me ”is it science live day yet?” this is my daughters favorite thing about this school! and she also loves her Ms Sara in science! she loves trying new things.
I like the R 51 did it shirt!!! I makes so much sense.
thank yall for doing this for us.
I can’t vote but heres my suggestions. My favrites are #4, #5, #6, #8, #10, #11 and ofcourse my personal favrites #51 and number #52. Also I have a question, are the r 51 shirts actually in store?
I’m loving Acellus and hearing about how hydrogen is changing the world and our environment for the better is so cool!
Acellus is so cool! I learn so many new things.
Hi I like figi water too. Kimry from Illinois!!
The shirt competition was so fun! My favorite was probably #10, to be honest. It made me LOL!
I think its important to keep try when inventing something and never give up so keep going!
Thank you for Science Live!
Hi from Utah!!!
The process of inventing is having a dream and making it come true.
like the way you do things DR.BILLNGS!
Science live is so cool. I love hearing about the inventions both old and new.
thank you for inspiring student to be inventors
Awesome tshirts! #1 and 9 are my favorite!
Comment: Loved the Uncle Sam inspired tshirt
Hello from Ohio!
Hi from Montana!! 🙂
How many unique inventions has Dr. Billings created and has a patent for?
I love these each week!!
I like the part where the water freezes like BOOM!
Making inventions help me to use my brain in new creative ways
I really enjoyed this episode. I can say my favorite T-shirt was #1, but I can also say that I LOVE classic cars!
Doctor Billings really breaks down the invention process.
I love Acellus and appreciate all that I have been learning
I love listening to Dr Billings
I really enjoyed todays show, my favorite part was when they were talking about how the photo copier was made and how it works, it’s really cool! I liked shirt #10 best.
I Iove all of your creativity everyone even more Roger Billings, you are the most talented person I have ever met.
i would like to make a shirt that is white that says when life gives you lemons make lemonade with a glass of lemonade for my shirt i would like to make i think it would work as a funny pun
Hello from New York
Hello from Philadelphia! I started 5th grade today!
I love science live
Hello from Illinois. Thank you for a great episode!
That water was really cool! It surprised me on how fast it froze!
Hello, from Fort Benning, GA!
I loved getting to look at all the shirts some of the students designed. I really loved the “I want you to invent something” shirt, it was very funny.
i like shirt # 10
How long until we would see hydrogen trains used all over the united states? Will they be as fast as the the trains in use now?
It’s interesting that Mr. Billings used to work at a radio station.
I want to make an invention! Science is my favorite subject.
Hello from Wisconsin, I love this stuff
Amazing science live!!
How much hydrogen does it take to run a hygrogen train.
I never knew there were so many different things to explore and learn on Acellus!
Watching Science Live from South Carolina
All the shirts were really cool and thank you all for making such a good school y’all have inspired so many of us and me thank you
hi from The Bahamas
I think it is fascinating that there will be hydrogen trains in America.
that is so cool I love all the Acellus t-shirts
#6 it’s Julieta from Georgia ❤️ science live
HI EVERYONE if you love Dr. Roger Billings post a ”⭐️” Emoji
If you love Lady Pajet Monet post a “💖” Emoji
If you love Dr Tobias post a “✨” Emoji
If you love Dr Joshua post a “🪐” Emoji
If you love Area 51 post a “🤪” Emoji
IF YOU LOVE OF THE ABOVE POST A “😍” Emoji
My Answer: 😍😍😍
Acellus is the best,
Hi from Idaho! Thank you so much for talking about the process of invention.👍❤️
Now i love when life gives you lemons make fireflies! All my favorites have R-51
Here’s my T-shirt design!
My favorite shirt is the “Don’t invent the sun, Be the Sun!!!” with pictures of R-51!!!
The “Don’t make the sun, be the sun is my favorite.
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you dont have to be extremely smart or know chemistry, physics, etc. to be able to invent something. you can always invent something with the capability handed to you!
wow i didnt know there were so many acellus courses
invention is a really great use of your brain, I love inventing
Dr. Tobias, how did the invention evolve into what we have in our printers today?
Dr. John, what frequency does it use, and will the frequency depend on the metal used to build the plane?
To turn a great idea into a success you hae to not be scare of failure. most inventions comes thru failure
Honestly, inventing things are great, especially when it’s your own pride and joy, like books, characters, and even just designs.
Dr. Billings, can we actually vote for #51 and #52? 😊
Dr. John, do you think we’ll be able to build hovercrafts that float in the air?
The t-shirts were an amazing idea, I really enojyed the creative process behind it!
What about if your experiment goes wrong and you don’t know how to fix it?
The guy who made the “I want YOU to invent something shirt” did a great job on it. Will there be similar competitions in the future?
I am very happy that I started to learn with accelus because it has alowed me to excel further in a shorter amount of time.
I love Acellus so much me and my siblings struggled with other programs and Acellus is the best one yet! I was struggling a bunch cause there videos were very hard to understand but now I’m getting better! Thank you Acellus!
I always learn so much watching these videos. I liked r- 51.
Acellus has opened a door for me to learn more than I could have imagined! I liked shirt number 3.
I don’t know what to say about acellus. It is just amazing in every way to a point that I can not choose what to say!
I have been on that train in San Bernardino. It’s fun.
hi! I’m new to Acellus and I am just loving your science videos:)
I had no idea photocopiers used static electricity to create copies!
I never New the problems could be an opportunity. It tells me that whenever you have problems, it doesn’t always mean something bad. It could mean something good just remember never give up.
I love watching science live so much it is the best part of the week for me! Even if i wasnt on scholarship I would still watch it every week!
I think you should have invention ideas. if you have those ideas and plans you might be able to make it into a goal. then you can proceed doing what your doing and try to make those inventions.
So interesting learning about the invention process! Also really liked the shirt.
Everyone did amazing on the shirts! The Uncle Sam one was funny!
New to Acellus and loving it
The invention process is a fascinating process.
Can the invention process be used in other aspects of life, and if so, how?
t shirts numbers: 6 8 and 10 litterally they are my favorites
WOW this is so amazing it inspired me to be an invetor when I grow up
I liked Dr John’s explanation on why water would freeze like that instantly. My dad did the same thing with gatorade actually, but I was never able to replicate it
I like that you said that inventing is making the world a better place.
Acellus is amazing, it encourage me to invent in the future
I want to be an aerospace engineer when I graduate. I’m hoping I can invent something as amazing as all these big creations!
I enjoy learning at ACELLUS so much
From Ecuador here! This little competition was fun; we got the opportunity to show our creative side.
I love acellus!!
Hi my name is Max and i am thankful for Dr. billing for teaching me things that i never learned before like binary, and hydrogen and so much more.
Don’t give up, you must keep trying.
How did you come up with Kickle Pickle Radio? It was SO funny!
Had fun voting on the T- shirts! Great idea. I loved #1!
I love how much you guys care about us at Acellus thank you
My shirt would say “Be the Light, when it’s Dark”💕
Acellus is amazing and has let me take courses that I wasn’t able to take previously.
It is nice to know that Dr. Billings used to be a radio announcer.
Dr. John is always so funny every science live. I am also going to try that super cool water trick.
acellus has helped me learn so much about science and how it affects our world.
When we have a problem we should keep our eyes open because it could be an opertunity that we don’t want to miss. Don’t give up on your problems.
Acellus is amazing and has let me take courses that I wasn’t able to take previously.
The “I Want you to invent something” shirt is just perfect, this was a great competition.
hey my name is joseph and Dr. Billings taught me that inventions start with an idea and grow through creativity. i love the winner of the shirt contest , i hope it makes it to amazon or something big one day.
I love all the shirt ideas. They are so cool. My favorite was the engineering one we love all the shirts.
Science is my favorite class. I also love trains and airplanes. Hydrogen powered trains would be cool.
From Texas here! I loved this episode, and my favorite shirt was #9!
I love the idea of designing shirts with clever messages to motivate people to grow. Striving to be better should be a constant goal!
I hope y’all got my shirt design. I also like way Tobias explained how Chester Carlson made the first printer.
Love learning Acellus.
Thank you Dr. B for another great episode!
Inventions are amazing. They allow us to use our imagination and our knowledge to create something new and inventive.
I love how there’s so many choices for classes on Acellus. It really helps when trying to figure out what I want to do later in life.
Acellus helps me actually learn content
Is there any external industry influence, particularly from the petroleum sector, that affects the decisions around developing hydrogen-powered vehicles?
I though the printer thing was cool, I never knew how printers did things like photocopying. Nice video. the
kikle pickle thing was really funny too!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hydrogen is the coolest but simple, interesting how sometimes the simple things are the answer.
I just love learning about all these old and new inventions In Science Live!
This is always my favorite part of the week!
I have an invention idea, and now I’m going to try to make it. Thank you!
Hydrogen trains sound like a great idea
I absolutely love Acellus academy, it has been the best thing for me for the last year and a half. It gives me so many opportunities that the public and private schools could not provide me. I love it!
I love this science program so much!
What other inventions were completed by using static electricity? It would be interesting to find out
Thank you so much to all the Acellus instructors involved with science live, they are so fun.
Science live is my favorite part each week.
I loved the t-shirt project, it was such an eye opener and fun! I’m excited to see them in the store. I took the advice and cleaned/organized my room, which has helped a ton with my head being clear, and now, I am working on a design to see if I can get i on amazon/etsy, even have a Canva account now (to make some extra money as I will be submitting for graduation soon and will be working a lot the next year until I join the railroad union when I turn 18 in Dec 2026) The Science Live’s are always such an eye opener and get my wheels turning in so many positive directions.
My favorite shirts are the ones with a catchy/funny message. This makes them easy to remember the message
Science is amazing! We would not be able to do anything without it.
Does using hydrogen as fuel affect the efficiency or performance of the train? 🤔
What are the key stages of the invention process, and why is testing and prototyping an important part of developing a successful invention?
Why is water clear but clouds are not and are made of water?
I am going to try that water trick it looks fun!😁
My favorite shirt is the Sam-51 and the “Be the Sun” one. It looks like everyone likes R-51!
if you made a t-shirt, what would be on it? A fishing saying? Or a message that the world needs about science?
I’m Hailey and I loved r 51’s shirt and all of the other kids.
Thank you Acellus for this program for me to be able to learn at my own timeframe
Thank you, Dr. Roger Billings, for teaching all of us how to invent things, and how to become an inventioneer! Thank you for everything you are doing for us!
I love R51’s Pajet shirt! We need that in the store as well!
It is really beautiful how Acellus can help students dive into any kind of career, even music!
Science is extremely interesting, I wonder how life would change if we didn’t have science.
I never thought about how the copy thing on top of the printer was invented and it’s really cool to how it was. 🤩🤩🤩🤩
It made me think differently about how I approach my own creative projects. Great job!
It’s inspiring to see how ideas evolve into something people actually love. Thank you for sharing!
Learning more about inventors and why they do what they do is interesting. I’ve never been on a train but I hope I will someday. Maybe it will be a hydrogen train. I like all of the shirts. It’s hard to choose just one. My brother is an Aerospace Engineer, so I vote for #3. I’m from Tennessee.