Inventioneering – Keystone Inventor
December 3, 2025 • EPISODE 289
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That’s interesting! Also I didn’t think Dr. Billings would be in area 51 for a live👀
What do the big versions of coherer’s look like?
i really like this science live it is very intresting
Hello from VA!
Hi from texas! i’m Excited to see what episodes there are gonna be next.
That experiment was really cool!
this is a very cool subject
SOOO COOL!! Will we be able to ever see radio waves?
Christian from alabama
i loved this one
Hello, I’m Naiyla and from Virginia! This is very wonderful!
Amazing! It truly is surprising how much can be done with radio waves.
Comment I really like how it’s basically a tv remote do some stuff still use that radio waves
Science live is so cool! My favorite part was learning about the coherer.
I love learning about inventions! I hope to one day invent something!
Where can you get metal powder from?
I wonder if R 51 could travel to Mars.
I would like to invent R51 a custom Hydrogen Spacecraft so he can travel into space to study more about radiation. 🚀
Hello, it’s interesting to learn about how much we as people rely on technology such as electricity and radiowaves still today.
That’s awesome
I love how science shows how everything works
Dose the lighter have batteries
why does it go off when you hit it ?
Hello from Butte MT!
this radio stuff is cool
That mechanism you created looks so cool, it feels like magic! Today is a great day for Science Live!
HIII MR ROGER!!!!
That video was so cool, can’t wait for next week to learn how you did that with the light!
Can you wave at us Pajet? Please?
Hi from Mississippi!
Love watching experiments
How easy is it to make this invention?
How do you do that light thing when the flame isn’t on?
That’s pretty cool
i would love to learn morse code!!
Hello, from New Jersey.
Hello from Georgia
watching from Texas! Always enjoy science live
I think Dr. Billings is trying to be a light switch.
How many people did it take to make the first radio and how long did it take
The radio wave thing kind of reminded me of Harry Potter. Cool!!! 🙂
How does a spark make radio waves?
Science is the best 😎
Where can you buy metal powder? Is it dangerous to make it yourself?
What will happen if the little gap between the two foil papers will be larger?
Really interesting experiment, how long would the light remain on if you don’t tap the lighter? Will it stay on until the batteries run out?
Wow! That’s amazing how you used the glass to travel a connection!
Sweet Home Alabama here!
Woah! That was crazy that even when the fuel wasn’t in the lighter it still lit that one part!
can you click it than click it again, what would it do?
I think the Coherer is cool!
is there a limit to how far or how much a radiowave can travel?
The coherer is really really cool!!
This episode of science live topic of radio waves is really nice as I am really into science.
I learned a lot from this live!!
what do you do if you dont have clippers
great video!!!!!!
Didn’t know aluminum was a good conductor
I love seeing Dr.Billings in Area 51.
that’s so awesome
is that lighter required?
How do transformers help radio stations send out signals that can reach radios miles away?
Hi it’s Brynn. That is really cool!
All of the radio stuff is really cool
Love watching experiments
how do you take out the fuel out of the lighter
what if we don’t have alligator clips
hi from ALASKA 👋🏻
How did you do that light thing in plain air?
Love the lesson!
I liked the experiment. i didn’t know that the lighter spark made radio wave
What happens if you use to much metal powder?
Hello from TN
Can you use a lighter with fuel?
How do you get metal powders
Does anything that conducts electricity work?
This video was so cool 🙂
Wow thats so cool
How is powder diffrent then the aluminum balls?
Science is the real magic
dose the cup have to be glass can it be plastic
That’s crazy that you can do that.
Comment sorry to be late i had an emergency im. Here tho
This genuinely looks like magic. Science is so cool!
If it weren’t for the demonstration of the spark turning on the light with radio wave, I wouldn’t have believed it.
After learning about infrared light, my mom is going to try it for muscle therapy.
Does the wires matter
That is awesome! I can’t wait to try it at home!
Can mold catch on fire? It is caused by moisture, if it can resist radiation, can it resist heat as well?
Wow! That’s cool!
Woah! That was crazy that even when the fuel wasn’t in the lighter it still lit that one part! Crazy!
it’s not magic…it’s science!!!
Nice lesson
Didnt know something could just cut on by itself without a single touch
Wow! That is incredible, I never thought tin foil could be so interesting!
This is so cool. Love this radiowave experiment. I’m going to try this tomorrow.
Hi, I’m here!
THAT IS SOOOOOOOOO COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats so interesting! I appreciate all the information you all provide!
I recently built a am radio with transistors. All because of you. Go Dr B.
You. Built. A. Radio?!?! That’s so cool!! 😃
will it cause the balls in the glass to move?
This is amazing
I’d like seeing Mr. Billings at area 51
Pretty cool invention Dr billings
Would houses lit with red light have any effect on human minds? Would it have the capability to change our perception or mental states in any way?
Can radio waves pass through solid objects?
Great video!
Hey, signing in from Texas”
Hello From Illinois, Have a great week!
is it dangerous to make a transmitter at home?
Science live is the best!!
Wow that’s cool
What makes foil conduct energy?
Hi! From North Carolina!
Wow, that’s cool.
So excited for this weeks live!
So radio waves qualify as invisible electricity???
Wow!
If there is still propane in the lighter will it still work?
If you have too much spark, can it cause a huge fire disaster?
how do radio waves happen
My name hast be Luke, and I hail from the Provence of Georgia. I hast feel the need to express mine gratitude that thou hast taketh thine valuable time every Wednesday so thou hast teach myself and mine peers of the broad and great fields of science.
A spark can make radio waves? so cool
Hello from South Carolina!
hi from illinois! love science live!
We rely on electricity so much.
is there any other types of metals detect sound waves? or is it only aluminum? could copper be used too?
I never thought I’d see Mr.Billings in Area 51
Are electricity and/or resistances affected by temperature?
It is surprising to see how entertaining science can be and how you can do your own science experiments with simple things you can fund at home.
What else could you use other than aluminum foil balls?
How much would it cost to make that contraption?
hello! I’m from Milwaukee.
Can we try to make the experiment at home?
Hi, i am from Delaware
Hello from Mississippi! Hope everyone has a good week!
If the mold can resist radiation, can it be used to make some type of shield for people that may have to be around radiation?
It kind of looks like a fuse
Which ideas are just too ahead of their time? LED, Daylight Savings?
Hello from morocco
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Who would’ve known how much work went into the lights that we use daily? I never knew how LEDs took over from the previous incandescent bulbs.
Hello from montana
hey from texas
I love to watch this every wednesday.
How do the particles connect?
Hello coming from Nicholas, love acellus !
how much power do you need to turn on one light
What are the possible uses for infrared light in the future?
I’m just wondering, since we haven’t seen the Inventionering club, can you give them something to do?
Hello from north Aurora il!!
radio waves are cool.
so this is how radio was made?
Another great Science Live, full of information.
these lives are so interesting
Hello! Happy to be here!
One day I’m gonna find out how a coherer works
Radio waves are so cool!
Its really interesting how the radio was invented and how radio waves were discovered.
Hello everyone. I love science! Awesome to know how scientist do their experiments about radio waves.
Hey guys from MS.
Wow so interesting! how do inventors create a name for something that has not ever existed?
Science is so interesting!
Radio waves are very interesting!
what happened is your invention does work and you did everything right but it still doesn’t work how would you fix it to where it would work
Enjoying from TN!
I look forward to seeing this ever Wednesday, thanks
I learned a new thing about radio waves.
Thanks for always teaching us something new!
Hello from las vegas
Hello from Kentucky!
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Science is so fun! Such a great science live! Radio waves are very interesting!
what type of soundwaves can be make by sparks?
I love acellus
How was the name coherer chosen?
Great live! Thank you!
Hello from Missouri! I love science live
I’ve never heard of a coherer until today. It made me realize how a radio can be small but contain many complex parts.
do you think we will ever know about area 51