Inventioneering – Keystone Inventor
December 3, 2025 • EPISODE 289
Roger Billings, Keystone Inventor: The Final Architect of Innovation [Version 1]
How do some inventors create ideas that shape entire industries? Listen as Dr. Roger Billings reflects on his journey as a lifelong inventor and shows how the principles of inventioneering can be applied to make lasting impact. Discover what it takes to go beyond ideas and prototypes to become a “keystone inventor” whose work supports and shapes future innovation. Whether you’re curious about invention, engineering, or the mindset behind breakthrough thinking, this episode offers inspiring insights and practical wisdom from one of today’s leading innovators.
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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Thank you Acellus I really appreciate everything that you all do! I enjoyed this episode greatly and I liked learning about the birth of LED’s! It was very interesting.
aloha from Hawai’i!!!
Comment I feel inspired to invent!
I really liked what they talked about on science live. It was really fun and informative and interesting. You really have a wonderful way of explaining and understanding and making a difference to a lot of people! Keep doing what you’re doing Dr. B! Even though it may not seem what you are doing is working it is, I’m positive. Thank you so very much to all of the people that help in Acellus. I have had a really great Junior year with you guys! Thanks so much ya’ll! SHOUT OUT TO TOD EDMOND, WHEN IS THE CONSPIRACY THEORY COURE GONNA COME OUT?!?!?!?!?!?
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I love these lives, the part about that mold was crazy. Hello from SC
It was interesting to see the radio wave light up the lightbulb
I think it’s really awesome seeing how these things work! I also think it’s cool that you have a kit in the Acellus store.
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Its really cool that your putting a science kit on the store! I love watching these videos with my family so fun and cool!
Here Erika from Texas. Very interesting the example of how to plan for college. Thank you
I learned a lot tonight about the radio waves and it was really cool when roger billings was showing how it all worked. and i’m looking forward to the kit being put in the store. i cant wait till next weeks science live.
Love the new iteams coming into the store appreciate it.
Love R-51!! He’s so funny!!
I did not know about the radiation in space!! very interesting 😀
That light thingy Dr.B did was so cool!!!
Having mold as a pet doesn’t sound like a bad idea 🤩🧐
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Great episode, it is interesting how inferred light works, and sometimes we don’t even notice it’s being used.
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Its so cool you are going to put a kit in the Acellus store! Loved todays live!
I got my r-51 pen about 3 hours ago
Great episode as always. The R-51 made me laugh.
It was really interesting tonight to learn about morse code and radio waves and how it all works. it was really neat. it is so fun that i get to learn new things every week and r-51 is the best loved his hard cable and glasses he always makes me laugh. excited for next week.
This was Fun!
I can’t wait for next week!
l watch with my mom we learn a lot
Nice live! Wonderful way to end my day.
Saying hi from Maryland! – from Amina and my sister Asiya. Glad to learn more about inventioneering tonight!
Excited to watch today’s Breakthrough Moments in Science!
I love hearing about new things every week from science live it has really given me a new perspective on science. I also really enjoined Dr. Johns technology spotlight lesson tonight it was very interesting.
I think the kit would be amazing to add.
l watch with my sister and brother we love it
I’d like to have that kit for sure! Thank you for the lesson.
The fact that sparks produce radio waves has got to be the most interesting fact for me today! I never knew that!
I had frogs in a bin in my backyard I studied late summer. My mom has several experiments in the backyard. She’s an inspiration.
The fact that sparks produce radio waves has got to be the most interesting fact for me today!
I can’t wait to see the new kit in the store!
Learning about so many new things is always fun! Thank you for doing these every week!
Dr. Billings’ step-by-step guidance on the invention process—from the initial idea to creating something meaningful—gave me a deep appreciation for creativity and innovation.
I am glad to know the origin of all these inventions that make everyday life easier.
Is the coherer only activated by certain frequencies/lengths of waves?
Science Live is so interesting. Thank you!
Braelyn from Texas loved the live
Thank you, Acellus! I love to watch this show to learn new things!
Interested in another video about hydrogen cars! Would you do another series on it?
I love how awseome it is to watch these things. I love watching new experiments
I can’t wait for the knew kit in the store and radio waves are so cool to learn about and that was just like a magic trick i love to learn about radio waves and that lighter thing was cool and when you just went “tap” and the light just went off and you just click the lighter it came we might just need a knew class about radio waves Thankyou and good night.
Dr.B just got me hooked on making my own radio📡
love listening to the lives they’re always so interesting!!
love this show 51 is a star
i wanna build a coherher
I always love a good science live on a Wednesday night!
Love watching as a family together aloha from Hawaii*
hey from louisiana science live is always fun to watch
Cool to see how these things work!!
A kit in the acellus store sounds great! I can’t wait
Why did you take the lighter fluid out of the lighter before making the spark?
Todays expiriment was amazing and it was really interesting I didn’t know you could do that with a lighter! Also the science live was very interesting like really interesting.
Loved watching Science Live tonight.
Hello Science Live! I’ve never really thought about how LED’s were made until now, since most of us just take it for granted because they’re used in everything these days. How something so revolutionary was at first called “scientifically impossible” just goes to show how the impossible can somehow be possible, as long as you commit to it. Thank you Acellus for another fun and educational week of Science Live!
I think r-51 is smart
R-51 is very funny
I loved today’s lesson thank you!
Loved this science live! And it was great to learn more about radio waves!
Just like Dr. Roger said, Science is like magic. This experiment was awesome and I truly enjoyed watching this live video today.
Thank You Dr. John and Dr. Tobias for great information.
It bothers me how people misunderstand how safe nuclear power really is. The Chernobyl accident was a bunch of oversights one after the other leading to the final breaking point of the reactor.
R-51 not receiving the signal was pretty funny
If frequency is as fast as light, how long does it take you to hear the frequency?
Love learning about science!
I know that was sarcasm when they said “r51 is getting humble”.
This was awesome!
This is always so fun to watch every episode every Wednesday night
Science is like magic to me. This week was AWESOME
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Thank you, I watched the lesson with my kids.
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Awesome video! I learned a lot about radio waves today and about the guy who was the first to produce and detect them.
I like the video and i think the kit would be very very good on the store have a good night .
I think R51 is awesome.
Hi from Cape Cod! I really thought that this lesson was very cool and loved learning about radio waves.
What other types of matter can withstand radiation?
love R 51 😃 so funny 😂😂😂
im excited for the kit!!!!!
Kits in the acellus store will be very cool for kids like me to use. nice science live today
I love watching these videos hello from Hawaii
I love how they talked about how you can make things at home and how we can make anything with just a pencil, paper, and mathematics like just your brain.
Learning about radio waves was so cool. I can’t wait for next weeks video.
I can’t wait for your kit to be released in the store, it’s now on my wishlist.
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Watching from pueblo West Colorado
I always enjoy watching these lives love learning about different things.
Really enjoyed tonight’s live!
The most coolest and funnyest person i know is R-51
How did they do to send an specific message with morse code over an ocean, if there was a lighting or another spark, which would interrupt the signal, how would they know which radio wave was the one?
Merry Christmas 🎄
I really enjoyed the experiment!
This was amazing and I was very grateful to learn new things
Hi from Japan. I am so exited for this kit to come into the Acellus shop.
That paper seems Interesting, I might check it out. Are you gonna expand on that experiment, before putting out the kit, or is that the final version that will be in the kit?
hahaha R-51 is so funny hahaha!!!!!!
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I love how you go over history while you’re talking about the science of inventing. It’s always interesting and enlightening to learn about the many inventors and scientist that made today possible.
im so excited for the kit!!!
I am glad that I saw a real experiment so I can understand better.
I liked learning about the process of making a radio wave I can’t wait to see you guys again soon love you all bye 😘❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Doctor Billings always has a new interesting story very week that helps us understand inventing, and science as a whole! I loved to learn about the unknown, I feels like everything is already figured out, but learning how it isn’t is amazing.
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As a student who just started three days ago, the education portion at the beginning was very helpful! Also, the black mold on mars segment was so interesting!
Hello,
Thank you for having this every Wednesday night!
I learned a lot from listening to this, and the info that I learn I tell my parents.
Roger Billings and his Awesome teams make it the best night to learn.
Thank you,
Alexis
This is Olivers grandma, he cannot read or write YET… He wants me to say he thought area 51 part was funny, and liked to see Mr. Billings using the wires!
Thats so cool you’re going to put a kit in the acellus store!!
LONG LIVE r51!
r51 is soo funny
Amazing Dr.B!
Very cool to see how radio waves work! And loved the skit!
I liked this science live because it talk about Coherer.
This was a good episode of Science Live, and I liked the talk about radio waves and the coherer.
I like how r51 was acting like he invented something but he didn’t and I liked how Roger Billings was making the light turn on with Wires and a fire-stick thing.
Hi Acellus I enjoyed learning about radio waves today. I Can’t wait for next weeks video.
Greetings from Georgia! I really like the live this week.
This was an awesome Science Live!
I really enjoyed this science live; I didn’t know that energy could work like that, it was very fascinating! Can’t wait till next Wednesday!
Thank you for everything you’ve done Mr. Billings. This was a really neat LIVE thank you
Hi from California! That was a really cool episode, thanks again.
would love to visit and meet 51
My mom uses a led mask for her face
Love acellus.
Comment I think the coherer is really cool, I’m going to make it tonight! *
Dr Billings how many things have you invented in your lifetime.
TOP R-51 FAN RIGHT HERE!
very interesting stuff! Hi from Colorado
Happy December! I learned a lot today. Stay safe in the winter storms.
I think that the coherer is really cool.
R-51 is fun to watch and funny.
love science 💗
Thank you for making science magical and amazing. Thank you for demonstrating the coherer.
Wow a kit I’m exited!
Nice stream! Tobias is really cool!
It’s really cool how there are so many interesting ways we can communicate like the radio waves in the video.
I enjoy R-51.
Hello from Florida! Awesome show!
I love science live! I learn something new every time.
I really loved the radio wave with the lighter! Also, quick question. When will the backpack be restocked in the store? Thank you all again!!
This was really interesting and fun to learn about especially the parts about Morse Code, radio waves, and LEDs. It really shows how science can feel like magic sometimes. I liked how everything connected together and was easy to understand. Happy Holidays!
learning about radio waves was pretty interesting
DrB is so smart i like him to keep doing more videos
Interesting how that works, one flame and the light is on! Another great live.
I’d LOVE to have my own kit of that light up raido wave signal thing-y. I just hope its not too expensive. I’m literally broke. (except fot acellus coins, but does that really count??) : P
This was very interesting and informative, I love these lectures
Can’t wait for the kit to be put in the store
I never actually knew where info red came from so its very neat that Tobias included that today.
Hi from North Carolina! Love the video 🙂
I liked how you can use tinfoil and lighter with no fire to make a light go on and off
Hi from Georgia! I really enjoy watching Science Live every week!! I enjoy all the cool things i learn about
Hi from Tennessee! I really enjoyed this live, the keystone inventor was an interesting concept.
Tonight there were a lot of interesting topics that I want to find more about. I am interested in radiation, Chernobyl and radio waves.
i love that we ae putting a kit in the Acellus store
Loved the episode, as always! Learning about radio waves and how they work, along with electricity! Also the kit is a super awesome idea, I would 100% get that lol. I can’t wait till next week, have a good weekend yall!
I loved this one Dr.B
I love R51 !!!!
I love R-51 so much!!!
Awesome video. R-51 did it again with making me burst laughing, he’s just so funny.
Science is like “magic”! It’s really cool!
I loved learning about everything and r-15 is so hilarious
You experiment was amazing and I think it would be really cool to have a kit available for purchase.
It’s interesting how the coherer works.
In todays science live Tobias talked about led lights. Dr Roger Billings talked about the invention of the radio . Heinrich Hertz was the first to produce and detect radio waves in the laboratory.
Edouard Branly invented the coherer.
R.51 is so funny! 🙂