The Edison Effect
December 17, 2025 • EPISODE 291
Join Roger Billings, a technology thought leader and innovator, as he draws from his diverse range of life experiences, inspiring students of all ages to love science and to understand the value of education in empowering their life missions.
This highly motivational and informative lecture series, hosted by the International Academy of Science, is part of the Roger Billings Mentoring
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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I love these videos Tobias is the best
I love my ASL class. I hope I can do the next one. I really liked learning about the cell phone invention and how it advanced.
OH MY GOODNESS. I love ASL it is amazing and im so excited that they have this on Acellus.
It really cool how Billings is in some way being taught by Edison. so cool. See yall next year i guess.
Thank you Thomas Edison for your invention
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!! 🎄🎅
happy holidays👍
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for you all!
i love that there’s a new ASL class
absolutely amazing fantastic stuff!
I enjoy watching these!
This was a very interesting episode! Happy Holidays!
Merry Christmas and happy new year!
Interesting to learn how the iPhone came to be created and how it changed the way we communicate.
Thank you for the science live! and Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas and happy new year
Science is my favorite subject!
I really enjoyed today science live. I’m excited for the next ASL class. I really enjoy ASL right now. I also like learning more about Edison today.
Merry Christmas everyone! Another great Science LIVE. These are my favorite!
Happy Holidays!!
Science is great!
I LOVE SCIENCE so much
i loved this science live. hope everyone has a great holiday!
I love it ❤️😍🥰😍💯💯💞💗♥️💖💝
That was so cool!!!!!!!!!( Merry christmas )
Another wonderful episode to tune into!
Love the video! Hello from Nc
Thank you for sharing a lots of interesting things to help us accumulate knowledge for the future.
I love watching these!!
Highlight of my week!
I’m super excited for the holidays marry Christmas and this was super cool
my mom and dad had nokia phones. Loved the info on Mr. Edison.
Hey from Peru
This was such an informative episode! I really enjoyed it!
So interesting! Merry Christmas to all!
I love Acellus! Merry Christmas!
So interesting to learn about Edison today. Didn’t know that much about him! Love from TN!
Is that where the saying of opposites attract come from??
Great episode like usual. Happy holidays everyone!
Hello from California.
Thanks for a great Science Live. I am eager to learn more about the Edison Effect. Happy Holidays.
Hi from Arkansas!!!
Thank you for the great show tonight
Roger billing (you) are so smart
Hi from VietNam
I love science live
I like Dr. John
Thank you to Ms. Donnie for making ASL 2!!! I have already done ASL 1 and hope to be able to take this new course.
Merry Christmas Acellus friends.
10/10 as always
This was a great science live. I always love to learn more about what Edison did with lightbulb it is just so fascinating to me.
Thank you for the lesson, Dr B!
New to Acellus, these videos are cool
Hello from Mississippi! Loved this epidsode : )
NASA just finished making a telescope and it is like another one that they made, but different! It has a lot of different techniques. It can block off the light of the stars so they can see the exoplanets behind the star. Now we can see behind the stars, farther into space. I am also very excited about the ASL class.
Can’t wait to get Science Live credits! Merry Christmas!!
I love r 51!!
Merry Christmas and a happy New Year from California!!!!!
Hello from Illinois!
I love learning about Thomas Edison
Science Live is amazing.
acellus rocks
really loved this episode!
My dad uses DC from solar panels to his generator that releases energy as AC
Thomas Edison creating the better version of the light bulb was a very good idea
Watching tonight from Kentucky!
Can’t wait for the next live.
My daddy said AC and DC are important for solar generators
Looking forward to achieving the Science Live credit! Merry Christmas everyone!
im so grateful for this program! happy holidays!
How many thing did Thomas Edison invent ?
Happy Holidays to everyone.
tech spotlight is the absolute best yall.
Dr. Joshua talked about the sign language course. That sounds really exciting!
I think its really cool how many electrons are just moving so fast throughout the lightbulb
Todays episode we were able to learn on how phones were made and how much they have evolved.
Did you know the entire floor where the iPhone was being developed was so secret that it was locked down and referred to as the “Purple Dorm.”
i think it truly would be amazing to look through the eye of a teloscope and see the amazing wonders God has created
Thank you!! Very educational.
I love watching these lives.
hello from baltimore
hi from South Carolina
merry Christmas!!!! ♥️ and happy holidays!!
Don’t worry R51, I think you are very funny and cool!!!
Wow my mind is blown!
Dr. Tobias topic of iPhone was amazing! I really am surprised of how much of effort was put into making the iPhone work! Thanks Dr. Tobias!
I watched with my brother. We both think ASL is cool and want to learn. I would hate having to have a stylus all the time to make my phone function. Merry Christmas!
Happy holidays everyone! But I am still confused about some of the things that you mentioned, such as how did Steve Jobs even thought it was possible to make a touch screen iphone? And next time can we have a talk in our lecture about the man who mentored Dr Roger Billings to be the man he is today?
Hello from West Virginia!!!!
Merry Christmas and happy new year!
I learn so much every time!
The engineer’s idea with the keyboard is amazing.
Happy Holidays! Have a great holiday season everyone!
I look forward to science live each week! Tonight’s skit was hilarious. Merry Christmas!
The light bulb is often taken for granted, yet it’s easily one of the most revolutionary inventions in history.
Happy holidays everyone!
I hope everyone has a happy holiday this Christmas!
Funny and interesting!!! Also POOR R-51!!!!!!! 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔
Watching from Georgia, I can’t wait for my science live playing cards!
hello from Mississippi
Todays live was great, I hope you guys have a wonderful Christmas, the stories were interesting. Merry early christmas!
I love watching Science love it’s funny and you learn something new every Time.
Wondering what else they will find besides exoplanets with the new telescope. 2027 is a long time before it finally launches.
Thomas Edison was the 1st to discover the lightbulb but couldn’t explain it so then other people piggy backed off of his invention to figure out how it worked. Fleming made the breakthrough with the invention of the vacuum diode that had signals to hear clearly. Which then later, the radio waves helped the inventions of computers which is interesting to know that people had to stay on stand by to keep the computers running. But it all started with Thomas Edison.
Happy holidays
i have a great aunt that is deaf. I really want to learn asl
I am really excited to see if; the Roman telescope finds a new planet humans can live on or any extra-terrestrial life.👽🌎
Over a thousand inventions?! I only knew him for the lightbulb.
i wonder what the next great invention will be
Thank you! Happy holidays.
science live rocks
NASA’S new telescope sounds awesome! I hope there be able to search for the right earth with the right gravity, magnetic field and more new planets far away!
Amazing,love sicence
Merry Christmas everyone!
Wow, we’ve evolved and came a long way to now!
how can you see the new photographs from NASA’s telescope?
Fun Fact I love the color Purple and that’s ironic because
“Project Purple”
Forever grateful of science live.
Learning how cell phones were invented was interesting. Glad they are touch screen now. I know some ASL. My parents are happy to hear that Science Live will be for credit soon.
Hey from New York!
Merry Christmas everybody
love science live I learn so much
Learning about the lightbulb was super interesting, might do some more research! Also, happy holidays everyone!
Science Live is so fun to watch! I cant wait till the next episode! (Happy Holidays!)
I love science live! We’re watching from AL!
hello from thailanddddd!!!
How was the vacuum diode being implemented into technology since it’s creation? Was it only reserved for certain types? Was it used for experimenting with potential new products? How did it affect the evolution of technology from that era to today?
How did he figure out on how to get the auto correction on the phone though
I think the picture of Nebula is awesome. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Amazing! Dr.B really knows his stuff!
I never did understand how phone calls went through from so far away
Hi from North Carolina
This Science Live was exceptional this week! The New space telescope was interesting
Do we still use the vacuum diode today? If so, do we use it for certain types of engineering? For example, do we use it to test out possible new electronics? What happens to the diode when the electronic fails or passes the test?
Hello from Texas! Great video this week! Happy Holidays everyone!
Sending love from Vermont! Thank you for the opportunities you provide through this Science Live.
amazing video much love from Texas
Hi from North Carolina
I’m so excited for the asl II class, currently learning the basics so it will be fun!
“oh chemistry oh chemistry ” lol !
thank you dr billings!
Amazing live merry Christmas to all.
This video is funny and good. And I hope that acellus teachers have a great Christmas and a great New Year Merry Christmas and have a great time off!
The data from the telescope being made public will be amazing because we’ll be able to see what was captured.
R 51 is my favorite part
Merry Christmas everyone! Excited to come back next year!
this made me laugh a lot. Thank you so much merry Christmas
Greetings from new york
Hi it’s Bella from Texas 🐝
Science is fun and interesting with Dr. B! Thank you!
no offense but to me the light bulb will always be Thomas Edison’s best invention! The Edison effect does sound cool though!
Happy Holidays everyone! Another great live today!
Mary Christmas Acellus!
we love science live – thank you for the fun episode
Amazing live this week!! Happy holidays from maryland!
I knew Thomas Edison invented a lot of things, but I never knew that he was the one who invented the vacuum tube. 🙂
Another great science live, merry Christmas to everyone!
One of my favorite things to do was visit Kennedy Space Center.
I really enjoyed when Dr. Tobias was explaining about the phones especially the Iphone it was so cool to learn about i learned alot of new things tonight. science live is the best. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
Roger Billings, if your mentor, Bill Lear and his mentor Thomas Edison were in the same room to discuss a theory or make a hypothesis, what would it be about?
Merry Christmas everyone! Excited to be here again next year!
Dr. Billings and Tobias recounted stories of persistence after failure. This teaches us to keep trying even when we fail on the first try.
I love science live
I liked learning about how the Iphone was created! Merry Christmas!
This was an amazing science show
happy holidays! Acellus for the WIN!!!!!!!!
My parents said they had some of those cellphones.
I wish you Roger Billings a merry Christmas and a happy new year.
It is cool the Edison effect made the Vacuum tube.
Hi from Cape Cod! Dr. Billings and Dr. Pajet make the season merry and bright!!
Hilarious! Happy holidays everyone!
I love how I’ve learned new things just by watching science live.
hello from Virginia!
I enjoyed this episode tonight. I enjoyed learning more about Thomas Edison, and what he accomplished.
I loved the cool new class!!! 😍😜❤️
My family just moved from Georgia to Idaho. I saw the Acellus buildings when we drove through Kansas City.
The science lives give great information