How to Invent
November 19, 2025 • EPISODE 287
How do great inventions begin? In this episode of Science LIVE, Dr. Roger Billings breaks down the process of inventing—showing 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 “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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Morse code is so awesome.
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morris code would be fun to learn, but I do think it would be very hard!
Morse code is so awesome
this is all so cool!! morse code is actually super interesting
Wow I had no idea that Disney was working in robotics now, that is mind blowing! 🙂
When did Acellus start doing vectored instructions?
I would like to learn how to telegraph morse code and build robots .
I enjoyed learning about inventing new things!
this was cool
I wonder how you could implement your own Vectored Instruction in other parts of your life. Since learning can be a part of more than just school, it would be interesting to make something similar where you could fill in the bricks on the weak parts of other pieces of your life.
I would love to learn how to code and invent things
I would like to learn Morse code
I would love to learn how to code and invent things
I would love to learn morse code and be able to use it to communicate!
I love learning something new every week from science live
I like to watch Science Live and learn about the new topics. I watch every week.
I would love to learn about Morris code
Science live was great!
Morse code was really interesting and I really liked the robot.
Tyler’s vid was funny!
Awesome!!!
Morse code sounds cool to learn!
Morse code looks hard to learn but would be very beneficial! I love science live!!
Morse code sounds very cool to learn!
How do black holes form?
I love morse code
Hi, from North Carolina! these are so cool and great to see wish i could be there in person
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Thnk you! I enjoyed the live a lot.
I’m thankful for Dr. Roger Billings
It is really interesting that people are still working on robots, even if they are not fully design. But, one of the things that I am wondering about is if you can use morse code, not just to move, but to like speak to other robots in their own language.
I would love to learn morse code.
I’d like to learn how to make my own AI
Morse code is interesting to learn about because it is like a secret code.
How much do you think the microscope cost?
The falling cool pose robots are hilarious!
I enjoyed learning about morse code and the meaning behind it!
loved learning!
Can we learn morse code!
I would love to learn more about Morse code history.
Learning new things every week is cool from these videos.
its neat to know the @ symbol is so old
We loved this history on communication
Morse code would be a cool way to learn to talk to others.
Morse code can be very useful
I love SCIENCE LIVE I learn a NEW thing every week and I LOVE R-51
Learning Morse code AND getting comedy from R‑51… science class needs more of this!
I would like to learn Morse Code!
The little robots were amazing to watch!
The robots are super cool, I love the poses.
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I would like to be able to practice morse code as well.
I enjoyed the live. I am learning something new every week. It was also fun learning about Morse code.
the morse code segment was very interesting
I liked the part of this episode where they talked about how the robots are learning to fall and not hurt themselves. How cool!
How do inventors deal with fear — like fear of failing or fear of people judging their idea?
I want to learn morse code
I always love watching science live. I feel like I learn a lot from each episode. There is so much to learn from science.
I love r51.
What are the challenges in sensing, control, and material properties that affect the ability of robots?
What mental processes do successful inventors use when turning ideas into inventions?
I would be happy to learn Morse code.
Disney robots that fall with style? now THAT is cool! along with how it could potentially replace people in costumes, it seems like a good invention!
The very first email, interesting that email has dated that far back since the 1970s! and also i believe that 80% of the emails sent are either scams, or spam emails lol
communication over wires and sending messages over long distances, back then it must have been such a cool thing to have! but i am certainly excited by the future of communication!
Inventing is such a cool way to be creative and it would be super cool to make an invention someday! Also R-51 is so funny he’s definetly one of my favorite people.
I want learn sign language!
I think a morse code class would be a splendid idea!
i would love to learn more about morse code
I’d love to learn Morse code. I enjoy watching these lives!
Thank you for another wonderful live
Love the live! Interesting new content every week.
Morse code seems really cool to learn!
Dr. Roger Billings, I wanted to ask you what would be a good tip to train your mind to think more like an inventor.
Morse Code is cool!
I enjoyed this so much!
i would love to have the mind of an inventor to be able to invent something that could possibly work and make life easier would be amazing
I always look forward to learning something new every week. Always been interested in Morse code.
I love watching these. They are funny
Morse code is so interesting! I wonder what will develop in the future with communication.
Morse code is so cool!
Loved the Science Live! It was so nice learning about morse code. I really think that you should make an activity where you can learn morse code that would be cool! Also I loved R-51 in this science LIVE! LADY PAJET, YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL AND FUNNY, YOU ARE THE BEST!
YES! It would be neat very to have Morse Code added to the curriculum. I would be interested in learning this.
I enjoyed Dr. John’s the segment with the robot.
My dad used to be a 911 dispatcher and he always used ten codes. Morse code reminds me of ten codes in a sense that they’re both used to translate important messages without using plain words.
Robots are neat!
Problem then solution= Invention
Training robots to fall like people is very impressive. Really goes to show how they’re steadily becoming more and more human-like, whether we like it or not.
I LOVE ACELLUS IT IS FUN
That was a great video learning something new today
I absolutely love Science LIVE! But I just want to say to R51- Miss Paget loves me best!
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Learning about Morse code was very interesting
Thank you Roger Billings for creating science live, it’s been amazing to learn all about the scientists in the world, and learning to invent. So thank you.
I enjoyed the live, I love learning something new every week!
Id love to learn morse code with my friends
It would be amazing to learn how to Morse code !!
Thank you Acellus for doing this every week!
I’m for one grateful for the Scholarship that you do offer to us parents that are using a single income to participate in your amazing program. I work full time and homeschool my daughter, but still try to make it a priority to watch Science Live weekly as simply requested. Frustrating that others do not. Further, they are missing out on fun facts and world improvements in Science.
It would be amazing to learn how to Morse code !!
I would like to learn Morse code!
I like learning about the Morse code and what it means.
I really like the robot and it would be awesome if you added morse code to the program.
I never knew morse code would be so interesting!
I never knew morse code would be so interesting to learn about!
I’m glad we have so many inventors! Thank you for the broadcast!
Morse code is so amazing.
i liked the robots
Learning about morse code was fun!
Thanks for all the information about Morse code!
Morse Code is way more interesting than what I thought it would be!
I loved the section of the video about the robots! Very interesting!
I would love to learn morse code
Am I still able to watch science Live during the week.?
morse code seems hard to understand, how do people learn it
Awesome!
Morse Code is so interesting to learn!
I am loving learning about morse code.
I liked watching today’s science live.
Im saving to buy a hoodie!
I never knew Morse code would be so amazing to learn about
Morse code is cool
I always love the parts with Doctor Billings.
Morse code is cool.
thank you
morse code is really cool
I never knew morse code was so simple.
I wanna learn Morse Code! 😀
It would be cool to have a Morse code class.
This is awesome, Morse code is so cool
Thank you for a very good show.
The part I found most interesting was when the video mentioned how you could customize how a robot falls.
I hope that they will put out a new activity they are so much fun.
Hello from Los Angeles, I do love Science live, I always learn so many cool things!
It’s amazing how a man created and invented the telegraph Morse code.
When was morse code invented, and who invented it?
Wow, morse code is very interesting.
The robot was like: “what’s up fellas?” (Also I think Morse code should be added it’s really cool!)
i enjoyed learning about morse code today.
I hope that they put out a new activity those are so much fun!
Learning morse code would be a cool and fun game to play with my family, and will help me communicate with people if a don’t have internet.
I’ve always wanted to learn about Morse code
I really enjoy watching these science live videos, I learn something new and interesting every time! I wonder how long it would take to master morse code, I find it very interesting but it seems hard to master.
Wow, R-51’s so special!!!
I wonder what went into the coding for the first email. How complicated or simply was it, and how would it be different if it was created more recently?
I’ve always been really interested in Morse code.
Thanks for the video
The telegraph was so cool!
Hi from Claremore, Oklahoma!!
Cool
How is morse code used today?
This is so interesting! i wonder how long it would take to learn morse code
Tyler was really funny
i wanna get a morse code bracelet just imagine friendship bracelets or wedding bracelets with morse code names
Thank you Dr. Billings for another GREAT episode!!
The robot was super cool!
i want to learn morse code
Watching from GA this would be awesome to learn!!
Cool! I wish I could learn morse code.
Learning about morse code is so fun and very interesting hopefully more Science Live events mention morse code more often too.
It is awesome to watch the robots learning how to fall. It is as important for they learn to how to fall as learn how to catch a ball.
I love this time, I learn so much I learn a lot. I love Acellus, it is my favorite time.
that boy at the beginning was funny!.
Morse code is very useful and I think more people should now it in case of emergencies.
What kind of dye is used for microscopes?
I liked learning about de dot.
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it would be so cool to know Morse code
I loved the robot!
Thomas Editison helped transport messages across the globe through telegraph. To me, the telegraph was the old way to sending text messages. What an ingenious idea.
Ray Tomlinson’s @ existed before email, Thomas Edison started with Morse Code. So Amazing!
My favorite part was the robot.
The robot part was super cool!
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