How to Invent
November 19, 2025Ā ā¢Ā EPISODE 287
How do great inventions begin? In this episode of Science LIVE, Dr. Roger Billings breaks down the process of inventingāshowing how curiosity, creativity, and simple problem-solving can grow into real innovations. Using Morse code as an example, he explains how messages are sent and demonstrates it with a telegraph key. A fun, practical look at how anyone can start turning ideas into inventions.
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 āDrBā 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 DrBās lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to āgive backā by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.
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I really like the part where Lady Pajet Monet says that we should treat people with kindness. I appreciate that advice.
I would like to invent something one day
I liked learning about the robots!
I found the lecture on Morse code very interesting and I think it is amazing how people remember those signals.
It was fun learning about morse code!
This science live was very interesting.
I LOVED learning about the robots and how they are learning to land safely!
Morse code was cool too learn about and I love R51!!
Hello from Connecticut, the science live was great.
Acellus LIVE is the best.. Thank you for sharing
I really enjoyed this science live as I wanted to be an engineer as a kid
this was such a fun episode!!
Iām always intrigued at the building of robots and all of the things that go into that.
Morse Code is pretty cool. I would have never knew please have more lives about this.
You always find such cool ways to explain the things you talk about!
morse code is awesomeeee
The robot segment was cool to see.
whatās the best course to get gold?
Im from Tennessee, and R51 was amazing this Science live!
love science live and love Dr. John’s tech spotlight
I always watch the LIVE with my family and come back to comment. I really enjoy the science lives they are very educational.
Entertaining and enjoyable!
It was so interesting learning about morse code and the telegraph! Dr. Billings, do you still use morse code today?
Could I meet Dr. Billings?
This was such an interesting experience to learn about Morse code can’t wait for next week’s live
Hello from Arkansas, I loved learning about Morse code, also my birthday is Monday so that will be exciting!
Loved the topic canāt wait for the next episode.
This was a very interesting lecture on the history of communication. I cannot wait for the next episode.
How did they innovate the telegraph into the way communication is now? Like what was the next step?
the morse code made me interested!
wow this was one of the best lives i have seen.
I cant wait to learn how to do morse code without wires!
Thatās so cool. Iām going to learn Morse code with my brother now.
Yes, I think you should totally do a morse code class.
I always love the study advice, and the robot falling “in style” is really funny.
I always look forward to Science Live.
Thank you for the weekly Science Live programs.
This video was great! I have wanted to learn morse code with my sisters. I might try it soon.
awesome
Thank you for the science live i enjoyed it
r-51 was so funny
Thank you for helping me understand how the Vectored instruction process in Acellus aids in learning and studying more effectively.
That was so interesting! So much fun!
I want to be an inventor when I grow up!
Making it so the robot falls in different funny and weird ways is really cool.
This was the best science live ever!
Thank you for another great science live !
I never knew that was how an email worked.
I found the creation of Email to be quite fascinating!
It was so cool to find out how email was created, and the @ symbol! I Really enjoyed this episode.
love these videos it was cool to find out how people are keep robots from breaking after falling
Morse code is really cool.
Can’t wait for next week’s live!
I like the robot story Dr. John introduced in today’s lesson. It’s really cool to see how robots imitates the way human beings protect themselves when the fall. It is not easy for the robots to learn the action; in fact, it takes a lot of programming and involve machine learning.
Communication is really important. It’s awesome that we can communicate over long distances instantly today. I never realized how amazing it is that I can send this to you and you can receive it from a different place. I loved this episode of ScienceLIVE and are looking forward to the next!
R-51 getting the princess treatment, no fair!
Learned a lot about morse code today and its cool
This science live was pretty cool!
Morse code is such a strange but also an awesome way of a type of communication, love to maybe hear more about it next live!
I love tech spotlight!
Here from Wisconsin. Thank you for inspiring me to try to invent things.
*WE LOVE THESE!!
this science live was good like always thank you so much for this banger
I loved this science live, I never knew much of Morse code before
I think it would be so cool if we were taught morse code in school, in the future it might come in handy.
I really liked the super duper communicator!
I would totally take your Morse Code class.
I really liked this Science LIVE!!!
Loved the falling robot and morse code segments!
Very cool how emails were made. I really enjoyed this live today.
How did they decide on specific positions that they wanted the robots in when they fell?
I love learning new things in science lives. Iāve always wanted to learn Morse code.
Wow morse code is so interesting! Thank you science live!
I love science live so much! This is amazing!!!!!!
Iām going to start practicing my morse code daily, and I hope you get to make a ham radio course!
I really enjoyed learning about Morse Code! Thank you!
I love science live! I think it is awesome.
Science live is truly amazing for giving interesting facts and knowledge with a hint of humor.
R 51 AWESOME!
Super great video! It was very interesting!
This science live was awesome! I find morse code very interesting.
What are the most common letters in Morse code?
The science live this week was good!
I love listening to Tobias and I think r51 is funny.
The super duper communicator was awesome.
How do you separate words in Morse code?
What do you think Disney is creating robots for?
I didn’t know you could send a signal through the ground .
We recently watched a show that had Morse code in an episode. Thank you for diving into a lesson on it!
I love watching Dr. John
r 51 is so funny
I’m so excited for science every week
This weeks video was very inspiring, thank you! And thanks also for letting us know that Science Live is on for next week.
Wonderful episode as always.
Awesome science live this week. I learned so much!
Science live is awesome! It is so interesting.
This weekās Science Live was incredible. Learning Morse code was honestly a blast.
I find it fascinating that you can make a whole communication system with just beeps, longer beeps, and pauses.
Can anyone tell me how you know that a new letter has started when tapping out Morse Code?
Vectored instuction has single handedly saved my gpa š„
Inventing is awesome.
I like the student spotlight
Hello from Ohio! This science live was really interesting today.
I’m so excited for Thanksgiving!š¦š
I enjoyed this science live so much!!!!
Enjoyed listening to this episode of Science Live!
i love your jokes
This week science live is amazing. Learning morse code is also great.
I like Tobias
This was interesting! Thank you!
I learned a lot from this Science Live! I can’t wait for the morse code activity, it was super interesting listening to the different beeps and how each individual letter had its own combination.
learning morse code is fun
Hello from New Mexico I really liked this video!
Hello from Hawaii! Great science lesson today!
I think Morse code would be very cool to learn more about! This episode was very interesting!
Great episode, the fact that people are making robots that fall in a humanistic manor is really interesting.
I love how peoples t shirt ideas and t shirts are available for purchase in the store. That is so cool I love how this school supports students ideas and inventions!! Thanks Science Live for this.
Science is my favorite subject
I love these lives! and fun learning about morse code.
Love learning about inventions. Can’t believe some people don’t watch.
My question is how do people make all these experiment?
Caleb loves radios and morse code. We have some FRS walkies with morse function. We will practice his name in morse code.
Learning about the reasons people invented what they did is so interesting, especially when these inventions become apart of daily use for most people later in the future.
I would like to invent something step by step.
I love science!
Ohio
I like r 51.THANKS FOR SCIENCE LIVE!!!!!!!!šŗšøšŗšøšŗšøšŗšøšŗšøšŗšøšŗšø
I loved this live! Learning about morse code was fun!
Dr. Joshua’s joke was so funny!šš
I love science live!
Really uplifting ā it encourages me to stay curious and keep pushing forward.
This science live video was really cool and interesting
A very inspiring episode ā it motivates me to keep learning and believe in my ideas.
The r51 was hilarious and the communicator is often used at our house, Lol.
Another great science live!
My fav science live so far because I want to be an inventor.
Loved this weeks live ! definitely the best part of the week!!!
Hay R51 she is not just your teacher but mine too!!!!!!!!!!
I enjoyed this live, canāt wait for the next!
I love you big r
Loved the posing robot.
How long would it take to memorize Morse code? It would be cool to have a short course on it.
Hi, R-51, You’re one of my favorites.
I want to invent a letterman style jacket. Can you help me with that? Please tell me if you can. Thank you. Tell Dr. Billings that I love Acellus and Science Live.
Morse code is so interesting. This video was great!
That was really cool. I can’t wait for the morse code activity Dr. B! That was probably the best r51 clip I have seen! IT WAS HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was a pretty interesting stream. I love Morse code.
I learn so much from science live It tells me a lot of thangs.
If only humans could fall with style…
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This was the first video I watched and it was great.
My name is SH@KESPEARE!!!!! Just kidding! @@@
Is there a class in Acellus for building robots.
I love Science Live
I donāt know how people memorize Morse code so well, I was learning for a few months a couple years back but it slipped out of my brain so quickly!
I would love to learn more about inventing!
I loved this one!
This was probably my favorite episode
Wow! What a fun science live! I look forward to communicating in Morse Code
How does the earth conduct a current?
This was one of my favorite science lives! Super fun š
The robot is very cool!!!!!!!!
You talked about how new materials can improve energy efficiency…could you explain how those materials might be used in everyday technology we already have
Thank you so much! I learned a lot
Wow, So cool!
What was the first message that was sent?
Hi from Hawaii! i loved this episode anyone else from Hawaii or USA ?
Lol r – 51 is really funny love this!!
I loved this science live learning about morse code is so interesting i want to learn to use it for when me and my friends talk to each other we can use it.
Hey! From Bangor Maine!
I cannot imagine what life would be like if computers, emails and new technology were never invented.
Another amazing science live, I’m in pajet heaven.
I would love to learn morse code on my own time to talk with my friend.
I love watching science live with my family!
When was the first robot invented and what material was used to make it?
Thank you, the morse code segment was very interesting!
How many different prototypes did they have to make before having the robot fall correctly?