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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Is Dr. Billings also a engineer or architect or no?
i liked learning that mold grows faster in space
You should do science kits’
that is really cool. Maybe next time you can show how electricity conducts and you can have a little ball on one side and then another one on the other zap electricity between the two visual electric electricity please that would be cool.
I think that it would be cool to have a radio wave kit in the store
Hi from Pennsylvania! I love Science Live!
Hi, from North Carolina! these are so cool and great to see wish i could be there in person
Awesome SL!! I will miss these after graduation!!!
I really liked learning about how the radio waves worked.
It’s crazy how Einstein was really smart but still looked up to people below him.
Thank you for the interviews that you share of Acellus students and families. Today’s interview was helpful as I live in GA. I like having access to my graduation plan, and Acellus is a great curiculum. I’m thankful for Acellus.
How the lighter makes the light turn on is amazing!
I did not know you can transmit radio waves by just a spark.
The LED lights are brighter than regular lights.
I like watching the video of the experiment with Dr. Billings that transmitted radio waves.
Could you use metal strips along the sides instead of aluminum?
I would be fairly worrried if someone told me they have a pet mold… but, if i had one it would be named Mr. Mold.
I always enjoy Dr. John’s and Dr. Tobias’s the most. Very inspiring.
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what you did in area 51 was cool!
Cool episode 🩷
This was very interesting! I never really thought how a remote works it is amazing!
I love science live!!!!!!
I love Acellus!
It really cool how the light lit up with the lighter
I think if you put a kit in the acellus store that would be awesome!
So Interesting! Really Enjoyed the show
Roger Billings is a keystone inventor.
Congratulations for the Acellus student getting a scholarship to the University of North Georgia!
I really enjoyed all of this science live, but I found the radiation section with Dr John very intriguing.
I am a big fan of you, Dr. Billings
I like how Dr. Rogers always tells his stories.
The kids meal joke was so funny! 😂
I love how animated Dr. Tobias is! It always makes me laugh.
How does Dr. Roger Billings get his ideas for his inventions?
This Science Live was great
I want to become a useful man like Dr. Billings.
I would love if you put a kit in the Acellus store
How old was Dr. Roger Billings when he created Acellus? And how old was he when he created the hydrogen house?I don’t know about having mold as a pet.
I can’t wait to learn about mold! Is the kit really going to be in the Acellus store? That would be so cool! Also, is there going to be an episode that talks about Acellus World next year?
Love the graduation stuff in the Acellus Store! I will be buying them!!
I’ve been doing acellus for about a year now. I am in seventh grade but I am ahead in 4 out of my 6 classes and two of them I’m 2 grades ahead. So thank you Acellus you have changed my life!!!!!
this is always a part of my day i look forward to most!
I like the acellus store
I like the cutout board of Dr. Monet
I love these lives, they’re always entertaining for me! thank you
That’s super interesting about how they can analyse your sweat, and use it to collect data on your body.
I ❤️ science live
I really enjoyed the Science Live today!
I think the tips from the mom about planning out your pathway to graduate was great. Transferred senior year and finding out that I needed to add a couple to graduate as honors was good guidance.
Do we know if the mold would affect the people on Mars if do use the mold for protection?
Dr. Billings, you are the keystone inventor of hydrogen use! We just read Los Angeles’ new energy goal is to move toward only using hydrogen to produce energy, and you started it! 😊
You learn so many cool things in science live!!!😁
Dr. Tobias, how did they get LEDs to go to the lower color ranges?
How big do the balls need to be?
Dr. John, how did the scientists get close enough to study the mold in the radiation zone? Wasn’t that dangerous for them?
science live always puts me in a better mood!
Dr. Joseph.. you ate a kids meal? Haha that was 😁 funny!! I like your humor!!
Technology is amazing. Who would have ever thought that we could do so much with a remote
R-51 is amazing! He is really funny 😄!
I loved seeing how creativity, problem-solving, and real-world engineering all came together!
I LOVE SCIENCE LIVE
This was interesting and inspiring, they said to Roger billing that making the car was impossible and he did it with lots of effort, and it’s interesting that the frog changed color in the radiation area.
I wonder how many inventions were never created because people said it was impossible
Great ideas to stay on task! Thank you!!
So cool to hear about another student from my state graduating through Acellus!
Dr. Billings, does fire also send out radio waves?
Dr. Billings, how many other materials does the coherer even work with?
Dr. Tobias, did the LEDs ever turn violet?
Dr. John, how does mold eat radiation?
R-51 is the best thing ever!!!
Science LIVE is my favorite thing to do in Acellus!
R-51 just steals the show all the time! haha.
Okay so I know this isn’t really related to science live but I want to thank Pajet. So, one of her social and emotional health lessons, actually a lot of her lessons have been helping me quite a lot in my life. So yeah, thank you for that!
I wish Dr Billings could help me invent something. I am excited to see what he invents next.
I love watching science live. I always learn something new and exciting.
i think it is cool that mold grows faster in radiation when everything else dies or adapts
Hello from Florida! Wonderful Science Live!
R-51 plushy should be added to acellus store
The kid’s meal joke was unexpected but very funny!
Is this how TV remotes signal across a room without wires they do it with radio waves?
These science live videos are so informative and inspiring!
Hello from Rhode Island! I hope everyone had an amazing Thanksgiving. Happy Holidays!🎉
I am going into high school next year, and I really appreciate the tutorial on different graduation plans. Thank you!
how can your sweat tell you things like your cortisol levels?
I love R-51! So funny! I really enjoy science live!
these are always so interesting
Mold that grows from radiation? That’s crazy and cool that mold could be helpful to astronauts in space!
I thought that the part where Tobias was talking about the LED was very interesting.
I love R-51 it is so funny. It is the best part of Science Live!
I love Science Live.❤️🩵
R.51 is my favorite person in Science Live!❤️🥰😍🤩
I think the Chernobyl accident was very interesting.
I want to invent a hydrogen fueled electric generator fora house that gets hydrogen from water
It amazes me how different frequencies of wavelengths can make difference waves
I can’t wait for the next Science Live!
R-51 always makes my day!!!
my great grandfather was a Codebreaker in the military. Radio waves certainly changed a lot in communication.
I think it is really neat that they have figured out that mold would be helpful with radiation in space.
Love science live r-51 you are great
I hope I can become a keystone inventor too!
It was so fascinating learning about the coherer! Would lighting a match or striking two stones together have the same effect?
R51 is the coolest thing ever! I enjoyed this so much! Thank you Acellus team <3!
That was so neat! I loved learning about the coherer! Would creating a spark with 2 stones have the same effect? What about a match?
Thanks for explaining the difference between an inventor and a creator. This video was so helpful.
Thanks Dr. Roger Billings
Its cool to think that everything you see is an invention in one way or another
so inspirational
I love science and magic!
That really is magic.
Dr. Tobias’ breakthrough sections are my favorite. He gives a complete picture of a process or scientific development from concept to product. Infrared lights have so many applications even physical therapy products.
Everything was so interesting! I love Acellus!
this science live was really fun and interesting didn’t think i would learn about mold though. HI from South Africa!
hey watching science live from nova scotia canada
How was coherer invented?
I didn’t know until today that LED stands for Light-Emitting Diode.
Dr. Billings, you are amazing, you use science like magic.
Thanks for the Science LIVE. It’s very amazing and I really enjoy this!
It’s so cool how much thought and perseverance goes into innovation
Dr. Roger Billings, after you talked about James Clerk Maxwell, I was inspired to learn even more. It’s truly remarkable that Maxwell wrote his first scientific paper at fourteen years old and was the first to create a colored photograph.
Science Live is really interesting and cool!
Im so grateful for the tips to graduate !! I am trying to get the best out of my education, and Science Live is so helpful
I love science live and R-51. I’ve learned so much through Acellus and the science live shows. I’m almost sad to be about done.
Love these lives and Acellus my second week using this program
I love these! Science live is AWESOME!!
Another fun episode. Definitely a magical experiment.
I had no idea a spark creates radiowaves.
I always look forward to watching science live!
YEAH R51!!!
Never thought I would see the day that black mold in your walls was a good thing!
I would love to have a fuzzy pet mold in space! So funny! Happy holidays, can’t wait for next week’s Science Live. 🙂
Science Live is genuinely so interesting. I love it so much!
so cool 😎
I like the part where Mr. Billings was in Area 51. Entertaining!
R-51 is so funny!
R-15 is fantastic , love it !!!
I love how you can never get tired of science live!!!
Crazy how inventions can start off being for one thing then changed to be used for something else.
I really gotta start saving up some coins so I can buy stuff from the shop. The R-51 segment was funny.
I enjoyed watching this its really fun and intertaining.
science is just like magic!
Hello here from China!
I really liked learning about mold. it was interesting to learn that mold actually grows faster in space.
I don’t know what I would do without good old R-51!!
This science live was really interesting! I loved learning about the cohere, I found it very fascinating.
Building, science, and any sort of creation kit would be fun to get from Science Live.
BEST ONE YET
We need more science lives with R-51, so funny and smart. See you next science live!
WOAH!!! How can radiation exposure actually end up transforming a frogs color and whats going on inside its cells that makes this kind of change even possible?
I love when Dr. Roger talks about inviting, its so inspiring to this generation!
Hii from texas! I really love Science Live!
I would like to read more about Doctor Billings new catalytic diet.
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I like watching these with my mom.
Hi from South Dakota, I was wondering how do see you course map out schedule and see how many more credits you need to complete it?
thank goodness for inventors. I can’t imagine living even just 100 years ago.
Love getting to watch these every week!
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Why does radiation cause cancer? Why is it the most leading causing cancer? Also, thank you for teaching us young generations about to invent because it is very beneficial for young students. Happy holidays!
Great Science live, I never knew that mold could be helpful.
What key innovation would you design to solve an everyday problem, and why would it be essential as a Keystone Inventor?
R-51 always makes my day.
Science Live is the highlight of my week!
Love these videos its been my second week of using Acellus and its great!
The joke where he said “the mom wasn’t very happy” at the beginning was very funny!
Wow! What fun it is to make you own magnetic radio wave system! YES it is just like magic! Thanks guys
Is there going to be another science fair? If yes, when?
Acellus Academy is the BEST school EVER!!!!!!
I love to watch Science lives!!!
Science is like nature’s magic.
I really LOVED this weeks Science LIVE.
Thank you for teaching me about Inventioneering! Columbia South Carolina
R-51 is hilarious! i love learning about new inventions and the way they work!
A kit in the Acellus store would cool
You mentioned how small engineering changes can massively improve energy efficiency.. could you explain how that applies to the new design you showed? From Indiana
I am watching this episode from Texas