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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It was cool how the water freezes after hitting it on the table.
I love science live!
Science lives are awesome!!!!
I love Tebias
It was so interesting to everyone’s creations! Can’t wait for the
next video.
I really like seeing peoples creativity
It was so interesting to everyone’s creations!
the frozen water was really cool
What I really thought was cool is how Dr. John showed how when you hit the water on the table it froze. That taught me a lot about water vs ice. Also love the t shirt as well!
I liked watching the water in the water bottle freeze instantly was really cool.
It was really cool when the water freezes after hitting it on the table.
I think the shirts are very clever and #12 was my favorite!
I would definitely vote for R-51’s shirt!
The water freezing was really cool. Could you do that to larger body’s of water?
I want you to DISCOVER something. I love it. Thank you, Dr. Roger, for this great show!
A hydrogen train–What?!
I loved all the shirts posted! I think its such a good way to inspire people to make inventions.
Those Science Live’s Videos are really awesome. I really love them.
I hope to become an inventor someday.
This was very interesting 👌
Great shirts everyone! Keep up the awesome work!
Tonight was a fun Science Live. I liked voting on the shits. Everyone did a great job!
I love Science Live. Those videos are so greatt!
Lovely live it was really fun !
Why is hydrogen important to the Earth
I think its interesting how the impact makes the water freeze. Hello from Texas.
The R-51 shirts were really cool! My favorite has to be #8
I love this episode! From Nevada!
#4’s shirt was by far my favorite shirt, lol. R-51 is the GOAT!!!
The cold water freezing after you hit it will always blow my mind
what made you think of hydrogen and how it could help you build thing like cars jets and more.
Loved the live tonight!!
How could you use the invention process to solve a problem you see in your everyday life?
It’s fascinating to see how our imagination and creativity can impact peoples emotions and choices.
my favorit shirt that you showed was the uncle roger one i would purchase that. They where all great ideas!
Wow, I love watching these and learning new things!
I love that Roger Billings showed the shirts that other kids made.
Love the T-shirt ideas!
Nice to see how the water cool water goes to ice! wow!
Nice to see what everyone invented and that you all are having a fantastic school year
Omg i loved this episode!!
It’s always so interesting to hear how large and vast Dr. Billing’s influence has spread across the country. It’s fun to see someone’s ideas come to reality and succeed.
I do enjoy the little facts of knowledge I get from these science lives
The “I want you to invent something” shirt was my favorite!
How will the vibration and freqency tweak be applied to other planes in the future? Will they test it on different types of planes? If so, then will they adjust the feature to the mechanics of said planes? For that matter, would the vibration feature need to be adjusted because of the different types of planes they would be put on?
When will we know when the new class Todd Edmond is taping will be available? It was talked about last week, and I’m excited to add it to my schedule!
Dr. John, How fast does the wings on a plane needs to vibrate in order for ice to come off of it?
Would it be possible to make a hydrophobic airplane wing?
I really love being able to see and vote on my favorite or my most liked shirts that were created by other Acellus students just like me!
Thank you Dr. Roger Billings, Dr. Pajet Monet, and the Acellus Team for creating Science Live!!!
Thank you Dr. Tobias for showing the story of how the copy maker was made and how interesting the process was.
My favorite shirts was #4,#8,51 and 52!!!
I loved this episode!
loved this might rewatch
we love you R-51!!!❤️❤️❤️
The cold water freezing instantly is something that will always blow my mind
I really liked all the designs students did on the shirts.
These lives are very interesting.
Science Live is the best part of every Wednesday for me.
Watching the water in the waterbottle was AWESOME!
I was considering taking Ap music theory for my senior year, glad to see another Acellus student that enjoyed it!
I love watching these videos!
What do you do if you have an idea on something and you want to know if anyone else thought of the same?
Science live is always amazing to watch!
These lives made me start to enjoy science.
I like those shirts the kids made. They are talented.
It was cool to learn about photoconductivity.
Great show
I like all the shirts. They all look so cool!!
I would love to travel on a hydrogen powered train!
The German wing with the ability to vibrate the ice off is pretty cool. Here in Montana we have to de-ice our planes between flights on the ground because they ice up during their flight. This new vibrating wing could save time not having to de-ice them before taking off again.
Science is so cool it is ever changing and evolving.
I love science live, it teaches me a lot and makes me interested too see how the future will grow.
Everyone’s designs looked cool and varied a lot
I bet R-51 is excited to see shirts with his silly face on it! Hydrogen trains sound so amazing, my favorite shirt was definitely #6!
Wow this was amazing thank you for sharing this information with us! Can’t wait till next Science Live.
R-51 is so funny. I really liked his shirt design of Lady Pajet but all of the shirts were really cool. I love watching science live each week because i learn so much from Roger Billings.
Hi from TEXAS! I genuinely find these so interesting!
This was an inspiring live! Thank you
before printers when people wanted pictures did they have draw them or a pro did it for
Tuning in from Billings Montana!
I love watching these videos!
How do these amazing people come up with cool inventions? Impressive
Hearing how such a small thing such as ice on a wing of a plane being able to contribute to such significant malfunctions is fascinating yet terrifying.
This was a very good science live.
I am very fascinated on how the copier was invented just because of one problem.
The water freezing instantly in the bottle was neat.
The shirts look amazing!
When was the first Hydrogen Train made? Also, love all the shirt designs.
I loved the R-51 did it shirt, it was really neat. all of the shirts were really good. I really enjoy watching science live every week, its so fun and i get to learn a lot of new things.
Hey y’all from Oklahoma! Loved the shirt designs.
Here from Illinois this live was great
Loving the lesson tonight , thanks Roger !
I love R-51!! cant wait till next live
Science live is extremely interesting and I look forward to hearing more about aircraft’s in the future !
I love these videos
Love the live! Excited for next time 🙂
I loved the R-51 did it shirt, it was really neat. all of the shirts were really good. I really enjoy watching science live every week, its so fun and i get to learn a lot.
Dr. Billings you are awesome, thank you.
Thank you for the time and effot you guys put in each live.
I really like the R-51 shirt
What are some of the main drawbacks or limitations of using de-ice boots for its protection?
I enjoy signing in and watching the science live every week.
The shirts were awesome guys!
Hi from New Jersey! Roger Billings you are awesome! I love watching science Live every week!
Hey! R-51 is awesome! I really appreciate science, the water instantly going to ice is absolutely incredible.
Water in the water bottle freezing right away was so cool.
Science live is so fun!
#SCIENCE LIVE🤓🧐🥳🤪🤣 Lol
Hi from Florida!! This is really cool 😀
Here to watch! New and I really like Acellus!
Hi from Georgia! Loved this episode
I wonder if science live is actually live in real time?
Neat to see all the contestants and what everyone’s created
Watching the water in the water bottle freeze instantly was interesting.
I love this episode! Hope to see you guys next week! I especially love R-51!
Hi from Cape Cod! I really enjoyed the science experiment with Dr. John Billings.
I love watching these videos!
Science Live is always fun!
R-51 is GENIUS!! Thank you for all your hard work for these lives!
good morning from Bahrain
I loved the shirt that said” when life gives you lemons make fireflies”. It encourages people to make the most of their life.
Loved the live tonight!!
Cant wait till next live!
I really enjoyed listening to Rihana’s story as it was truly inspiring.
Loved this live today, Thank you for everything Roger!
thank you for the science live, always helps with learning new things.
where can you get the shirts when they come out
This contest was a really good idea, all the shirts are really cool. 🙂
i like how the water “cool water” goes to ice so fast.
Loved the show!
I like the private jet shirt
“I want you to invent something” Shirt was my favorite shirt out of all of them
i really enjoyed voting for the shirts!
Very fun science live today.
Loved the live episode today! Can’t wait to catch the next one!
The be the Sun shirt is the best.
i love science and this is really educational for those who want to be a sciencntist.
Thank you for taking time to make these science live episodes.
“be the sun” shirt was cool
The R-51 shirt is the best
I liked the shirt segment, seeing all those designs were something!
Thank you Dr Billing for the science live
The “be the sun” shirt is so silly and creative
Dr Billings saying “this is clickle bickle radio” made me laugh.
I loved all of the shirt ideas that everyone came up with.
Is science live really live?
R-51 is very clever in creating a T-shirt. Vote for 51
My favorite shirt was the one that said I want you it made me crack up.
Love all of the entries and the show.
thanks for the science live Dr billings.
Those shirts designed by other Acellus students are really cool, I wish I could have made one but I didn’t really have any ideas. Anyways, hydrogen powered trains sound amazing and also really cool! Thank you all for today’s episode(you too R-51)!
people need to be motivated
i love the “be the sun shirt”!!
I love all the shirts!
Love watching!
*Hello from Texas! Knowing that inventing isn’t necessarily about scientific skill or mathematical skill is very inspiring.*
I really enjoyed voting for the shirts. I think Sam-51 is the best shirt.
Roger Billings is a very intelligent.
These Lives are great
i love watching the science live on wednesday’s i like learning new stuff about science
Thank you for entertaining me Roger billings I thank you very much!
Thanks! When did you get the idea for Science Live?
I feel as a second grader,Dr. B has so much knowledge to teach everyone. I would love to ride a Hydrogen Train.
love the 51 shirt
Can a train be powered with an electronic? How does Hydrogen get put into a train or another transportation vehicle? What do most people do if a light goes out and they had hydrogen, could they install hydrogen in it?
Hello Guys I hope everyone is having a great day.
And I LOVE 51.51 sooooo cool.
I can’t wait to invent my own thing to help the world.
Hydrogen is gas. Dr. Roger Billings was a radio announcer. I enjoyed voting for the tshirt designs. R 51 is so funny! Science live is so entertaining
I loved the “Be the Sun” shirt. Its funny but also really inspiring because it reminds me to shine on my own.
I loved the #8 R-51 shirt! I also thought the water turning into frozen slush/ice when it was hit on the table was really cool to watch!
r-51 is the best at making t-Shert ‘s
thank you Dr. Billings for science live
I love science and this show is so awesome.
I like the contest
loved this live today enjoyed watching and learning!
Great live, I think adding the audience participation really added to it.
Can the parents buy shirts?
Dr. Billings radio voice was something else, loved it.