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 loved today’s lesson
Hello from Knoxville and Merry Christmas!
Thank you very much!!! Have a great day!
Thomas Edison was a very smart man. I’ve learned a lot about him.
This weeks Science Live was amazing! Merry Christmas everyone!
Educational as always!!
I like science
I ❤️ acellus!!!!
R 51 was really funny this episode and I can’t wait to watch the next one next week. Happy holidays.
Have A Great Christmas!
Acellus Academy is the best homeschooling program tysm!
I love Acellus so much!!!
Merry Christmas and happy new year!!!!!
Thanks for the lesson
Always interesting! Thank you and enjoy the holidays!
Yay I am so glad we will now have ASL 2.
amazing! i love acellus.
It was fun to hear about Edison! Happy Holidays.
What made Edison such a successful inventor?
Excited for the ASL II class! Awesome episode guys, interesting and entertaining as usual.
It was really neat to learn more about how the vacuum tube was created by Thomas Edison.
I’m so glad I get the chance to work at my own pace with Acellus!
I enjoyed learning about NASA’s new space telescope in today’s “Technology Spotlight”.
R-51 is hilarious and always brings a smile!
Acellus is the best thing that ever happened to me. <3 And I thank my parents for that. Merry Christmas!!!!!!!
Is Acellus homeschool a purely online curriculum or are there in-person locations for classes?
How many kilometers long is the Milky Way galaxy, and who was the first person in the world to discover it?
The Edison effect is truly amazing, now we know about the new telescope how the first touch screen iphone was made, and all the events that led up to the Edison effect and what the eEdison e ffect did for science in the future.
I love homeschooling with Acellus!
My favorite part of learning the alphabet is learning through signs for each letter, so I am really excited to see an addition od even more ASL!
Happy Holiday’s from Georgia.
Today I learned that electricity flows from the negative to positive side, and that when there is something unexplainable in science, there is normally a chance to invent something.
Happy hoildays everyone!!
Hello from Japan! Thank you for today’s live, I always watch them with my sister and enjoy time together while learning.
I enjoyed learning about the Edison effect and how it helped with radio waves!
hello from New York!
I can’t wait to learn sign language!
I love learning new thing every Wednesday and getting to see Roger and Pejet. The tecnology about the phone it amazing!
Happy Holidays everyone
Last science live of the year! Happy holidays yall!
I liked science live today. I learned alot. Thanks
Cant wait until Science Live 2026!
I take American Sign language I love it I can’t wait for the next coarse
Sometimes I wonder how people think of things to invent.
I love R51 I look forward to hearing him everyweek. Merry Christmas!
“I have not failed, I found 10,000 ways to not make a light bulb” -Thomas Edison
Amazing week this time, loved learning about the light bulb.
I always look forward to science live!!!!
I believe in r-51!
I took ASL when I was in public school still before Acellus and I think that is a very helpful language to learn.
Merry Christmas!
Edison is genius.
I love to watch these every week!!
The Edison effect is pretty cool!!!
Acellus is a very good homeschooling program it teaches you art, math and more.
Edison is so cool and all the inventions he made are cool to.
really enjoyed this live! hope everyone has a Merry Christmas!
I’m excited to hear more about Science Live for credit and what the requirements will be
Wow! How amazing! The technology behind a phone is so complex and though through.
Love these!
I love when DR. B tells story’s!
Never heard of the Edison effect before this somehow. Incredible!
Thank your for today’s science Live. I thought the Edison effect was really fascinating that would help many more inventions.
I love Acellus live!
I hope you guys have a Merry Christmas!
thank you for helping kids worldwide
Great episode!
Happy holidays everyone!
Hello,
Watching from Italy. I was wondering when NASA made their new space telescope how long did it take them to build it?
I love Science Lives and really enjoy seeing everyone every week and listening to the topics.
Happy Holidays Acellus Family.
Happy Holidays from Minnesota!
I’ve always been interested in Thomas Edison!
Happy Holidays! Really fun science live, thank yall!
Love the live. Keep up the great work.
Good morning, from Texas. Enjoying Acellus.
I started ASL this year with Acellus. It’s one of my favorite courses.
This was very informative! Happy new year see you in a couple weeks!
Thanks for such a great end of year review merry christmas!
Favorite time of the week! I love Science live!
Merry Christmas to all my acellus classmates.
Another great lesson on electricity, awesome! See you next year!
This week’s live was very interesting, I had so much fun watching it.
Love from Vietnam.
I Love Science Live!!!!
Acellus is amazing!!!
I always love logging onto to Science Live! I always learn something new and interesting!
This is my 4th Christmas with Acellus. Merry Christmas to everyone!
Merry Christmas to all the teachers and staff at Acellus!
Dr billings and Pajeet are such a great duo together
The new telescope looks like its going to be awesome!
The new sign language class is awesome.
Acellus is the best homeschool program ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The new NASA telescope looks cool.
This week’s Science Live was very impressive.
I love science live!
Thankful for light bulbs
Thank you for giving us a break for Christmas and New Year. I look forward to watching what you have planned for 2026 for Science Live.
Happy Holidays!
Next year I’m gonna do ASL
You always have the neatest lessons on these video’s. I think Edison is so amazing with what he was able to invent. Thanks!
I am reading about Thomas Edison. Thank you for this lesson video about Edison!
Hi from kentucky
I want to learn ASL. That telescope is really cool. I didn’t know all that about Thomas Edison.
Love this school
I loved learning about Thomas Edison. Science lives are the best even when I have the flu!
I love your show!!
It is so fascinating how the Edison effect works!
I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Incredible as always & an ASL course is genius. Oh, & happy holidays!
Awesome Live!
Awesome as always!
Watching from Las Vegas, Nevada!!❤️❤️
Wednesday is my favorite day !
Wow! Thomas Edison is so smart the thing he invented I use almost everyday.
Hello from West Virginia. Science Live is always so interesting.
Acellus Academy is the best homeschooling program!!!
Thank you so much, Acellus Academy for the Science Live! Always looking forward every Wednesday!
Hi from Texas.
I learned so many news things about Thomas Edison it was so interesting
Amazing!
Awesome as always❤️.
The new upcoming ASL class will be a great addition to the course lineup.
The Eddison effect by Thomas Eddison is one of my favorite effects because it really shows the power of what vacuum tubes can do.
Hahaha so funny! I love science live.
I loved it
Hi Acellus! I love these science lives and look forward to them every single week thank you! And really enjoyed this live!
very interesting science live happy holidays!!!
R-51 was so funny! I really liked this live.
Yes R51 is very funny I love the videos of R51 there are amazing things you can learn from Acellus school district.
yea he was😆😁🤣
Hello from Florida! Loved today. Dr. Tobias, very interesting session. Thank you to Acellus!
I like the space telescope
I love how different subjects intertwine with each other like how in history class we always learned about Edison inventing the light bulb but you learn the science behind it in science classes or lessons like this.
Sciencelive is a important way for learning
This science live was very funny!
Hi from Nashville tennessee!
I can’t you how excited I am for the new ASL course!!!As someone who has tried to learn languages before none of them have really been able to stick except ASL. Thank you so much and I can’t wait to see it.
Great science live thank you!
Very cool live merry christmas!
It seems like Thomas Eddison was a pretty busy guy. And I didn’t have any idea that AI had any use in keyboards. This is why I like Science Live, I learn something new nearly every week!
this one was so interesting to watch!
I love r-51!!!
THIS WAS SO FUNNY
thank you for hosting another wonderful video
Hi from Alabama
Marry Chistmas! Great live, enjoyed watching.
I agree, I think the iPhone revolutionized America (and smartphones as a whole)
I really liked learning about Thomas Edison!
As a soon to be graduate, I wish you guys could set up technical careers on IST that we could take online while we make up our minds on what we will study in college. Als that the careers on IST could be expanded.
Happy Christmas y’all, and a merry new year 😉
I’ll have you know that the Edison effect fascinates me in ways you can’t even imagine.
love it Roger billings.
I am thankful for electricity and to those people and mentors who made it happen😊
Happy holidays!
Hello! I love the new sign language course. I want to try it!
I actually want to see more of the asl classes
The Iphones creation is amazing! Thanks!
Merry Xmas to all Acellus instructors and to Dr. B and Ms. Pajai!!!!!!
Happy Holidays!
Science life was as exciting as always! I look forward to seeing for future lives.
Hello from Virginia, Merry Christmas everyone ,
I love learning new things on science live!
Merry Christmas Acellus friends and teachers! Thank you for this great video.
Very interesting to watch definitely! Happy holidays to you all!
I live in Japan and in my life this is my favorite science live.
I am thankful to have electricity and also to those people and mentors who made it happen 😊
Hi from Japan. I did not know that was where touchscreen originated from. Happy holidays.
Hi from Mississippi! I love how I learn things from these videos and how fun and humorous they are at the same time.
Learning more about Thomas Edison was very interesting.
I really appreciate how engaging and informative your science live is!
I love that the Iphone and the road it took to become a success
I love science live.
I loved this episode of electronics and how they are made and electricity in general. See you next year.
I think the ASL courses sound really cool. I really enjoyed the first half of Science Lives for my first year with Acellus.
nice live, keep up the good work.
Loved the live. happy holidays!
Dr. Billings, could we have an Astronomy class please?
love science live
I’m so exited for the new sign language course
hi hope everyone has a merry Christmas and a happy new years.
Eddison was such a profound inventor, one of a kind! His inventions revolutionized things for his time.
Loving the Science Live today!!
I’m happy Edison invented lightbulbs!
Always appreciate the Area 51 segments!
Happy Holidays to everyone!!
I love these lives this one was one of the best
Hello from texas
I saving credits for a tee shirt!
Same!!!! I want the R-51 did it shirt.
Great Science Live!
Merry Christmas Everyone