Integrated Circuit Introduction

February 11, 2026  •  EPISODE 297

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 Scholarship. 

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.


Read more about DrB » 
About the Roger Billings Scholarship Program »

Follow

1,749 Comments

  1. Mazie

    400,000 people is a lot!!

    Reply
  2. Alexander

    science is so fun and useful!! the train story was cool!!

    Reply
  3. Hannah

    Today’s live was really cool

    Reply
  4. Aaliyah

    Hi, another great Science Live

    Reply
  5. Micah

    Happy birthday to the inventor!

    Reply
  6. Christian

    Love the knowledge I’m obtaining !

    Reply
  7. Asher

    We love Acellus! Thos episode was super cool!

    Reply
  8. Alexander

    I liked the championship

    Reply
  9. Scout

    R-51!!!

    Reply
  10. Conner

    transportation in Japan is really cool.

    Reply
  11. Donovan

    Wow! That train was cool i wish I could ride it. Also keep r51!

    Reply
  12. Chas

    This was awesome and i really loved the train story.

    Reply
  13. Douglas

    love the video keep up the knowledge !

    Reply
  14. Allyson

    I love this so much

    Reply
  15. Salem

    It’s cool to see that a comet has two tails!

    Reply
  16. Hannah

    I really liked the topics that were presented in this video.

    Reply
  17. Finnegan

    Great Science Live, happy national inventors day!

    Reply
  18. Sedi

    I’d love to learn how to build a circuit!

    Reply
  19. Aaron

    So awesome! Can’t wait till next week!

    Reply
  20. Hooriya

    I love science live

    Reply
  21. Ayden

    I enjoyed the science live

    Reply
  22. Finnegan

    Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwww r51 was really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really funny!😄

    Reply
  23. Logan

    I really love the protégés

    Reply
  24. Bree

    R-51 has the best gadgets!

    Reply
  25. Nolan

    I liked learning about the bullet trains

    Reply
  26. Audrey

    I loved R-51’s overtime this week!

    Reply
  27. Rose

    I recently viewed the new bullet train video the tech is absolutely amazing.

    Reply
  28. Hudsen

    Hi from KY

    Reply
  29. Cooper

    This one was super funny
    I did not know about bullet trains.

    Reply
  30. Brentley

    hello from Mississippi

    Reply
  31. Ilyaas

    The Science live is very informative and fun. It was great to watch.

    Reply
  32. Luz

    I really enjoyed this episode. I love watching Dr. Tobias.

    Reply
  33. Holly

    i love this, i loved the train story and it was so interesting, i love watching science live every Thursday

    Reply
  34. Wes

    I remember using circuit boards a long time ago. They were fun!

    Reply
  35. Auggy

    Cool that George Washington even saw that science was important!

    Reply
  36. Madelyn

    Great live !Those bullet trains are very interesting!

    Reply
  37. Xander

    Hello, I thought the part where you talked about the train levitating with magnets was really cool!

    Reply
  38. Elijah

    I LOVE TRAINS

    Reply
  39. Cooper

    I learned something new every time I watch a video

    Reply
  40. River

    Funny how Japan is so advance in all aspects

    Reply
  41. Cooper

    I love the David and Caleb! The Blueberry Comet would be a great name b/c I love blueberries!

    Reply
  42. L.

    Thank you for the video. I enjoyed this weeks Science Live.

    Reply
  43. Judah

    THIS IS NICE!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  44. Siddiq

    Love science live. Very informative and engaging

    Reply
  45. Lily

    I love watching these!!!!

    Reply
  46. Liam

    We use circuit wiz kits so it made this episode super applicable to me. I’ve been practicing completing circuits at home. I enjoyed watching them create more complex circuits using a transistor.

    Reply
  47. Joseph

    I’m excited for the comet of 2026!

    Reply
  48. Kolton

    Love these, keep it up!

    Reply
  49. Josie

    Today’s life was amazing. I love the train story. It was amazing. .

    Reply
  50. Mason

    The best part (in my opinion ) was when the train went by the people and they were shocked

    Reply
  51. Isaiah

    Man I wonder how long it took them to build 3000 bridges and tunnels! I mean can you imagine and I’m sure a single tunnel/bridge takes long on its own!

    Reply
  52. Ansleigh

    I love this video and Science Live.

    Reply
  53. Kahlia

    i love science live! it rocks!

    Reply
  54. Katelyn

    I have learned so much from this video 😁

    Reply
  55. Isaiah

    This was so cool. thank you for teaching me,

    Reply
  56. Shaun

    Hey Acellus well done this was flippin awsome it was intresting to learn about the circuits and comets and so much more so yeah thankyou Acellus.
    And again like i said i cant wait for the NEXT SCIENCE LIVE Bye.

    Reply
  57. Dawson

    The circuit contest was super cool and funny.

    Reply
  58. Scarlett

    I love doing science fairs!

    Reply
  59. Marco

    great video guys have a great day

    Reply
  60. Adrianna

    How fast does the magnetic train go?

    Reply
  61. Audrey

    Its cool how it talked about Japan, I hope to go there next year.

    Reply
  62. Je`kobe

    What is an integrated circuit, and how is it different from separate electronic parts?

    Reply
  63. Maya

    I love trains.

    Reply
  64. Sean

    I found the trains very impressive.

    Reply
  65. Jaycee

    I Love Science live! 🙂

    Reply
  66. Jakub

    This is my first time watching this and doing anything like this and I enjoyed it very much

    Reply
  67. Casera

    This was really funny and I’m learning about circuits in physics right now

    Reply
  68. Westin

    I did not know that’s how circuits worked

    Reply
  69. Kaiden

    I really liked today’s science live because one day me and my family really want to visit Japan.

    Reply
  70. Bryce

    It was fascintating how they constructed the rails for the yellow monorail.

    Reply
  71. Ryder

    love science lives !!!!

    Reply
  72. Wyatt

    wow! very cool video

    Reply
  73. Ella

    This was very cool and informative!

    Reply
  74. Hunter

    I don’t really understand why the comment has two tails and why the ones blue.

    Reply
  75. Siddalee

    Such a great episode!!!

    Reply
  76. Bailey

    hi from NY

    Reply
  77. Tilly

    I enjoyed this Science Live!

    Reply
  78. Jayceon

    Wow, this is very cool!

    Reply
  79. Noah

    It is cool seeing the kids as part of the video.

    Reply
  80. Emma

    I look forward to watching these!

    Reply
  81. Hunter

    On break through moments with Tobias I was shocked to see how fast the magnet bullet train can go.

    Reply
  82. Judah

    sweet I love science live!

    Reply
  83. Joanna

    I love Science Live!

    Reply
  84. Nathaniel

    Those trains sound awesome, I kinda want to ride on one

    Reply
  85. Harper

    who knew a blinking light would win i guess all it needed was a good pitch

    Reply
  86. Bryce

    Name the comet ‘The Bright comet’.

    Reply
  87. Leanna

    Loved the live it was amazing it good to learn new things.

    Reply
  88. Willow

    Love this video really enjoyed it so awesome

    Reply
  89. Erin

    I love R-51 overtime!!!

    Reply
  90. Marco

    crazy that you can see the comet during the day

    Reply
  91. Karina

    I love the science live videos there out of this world

    Reply
  92. David

    Comets are amazing.

    Reply
  93. Mckenzie

    Hi from Texas! Cool episode, loved the train story!!

    Reply
  94. Landyn

    so awsome sacue i loved the competition

    Reply
  95. Helena

    I love science live because it teaches me about circuit❤️🩷

    Reply
  96. Taylor

    I really enjoy and appreciate Science Live.

    Reply
  97. Austin

    See you next week,

    Reply
  98. Xander

    was that a real ant because it looks so real

    Reply
  99. Evvia

    I love all that I learn here. Thank you

    Reply
  100. Andie

    Hello! I really enjoyed science live today! I appreciate you guys making these every week! My favorite part about today’s science live was learning about the transportation in Japan.

    Reply
  101. Nicole

    I like this video. It was interesting!

    Reply
  102. Karsen

    Hi from Tennessee!

    Reply
  103. Conner

    Why does each comet have a certain orbit?

    Reply
  104. Cierra

    I enjoyed this week’s live!

    Reply
  105. Lainey

    I really enjoyed today’s live video!

    Reply
  106. Andrae

    I can’t wait to see the Comet and I love the names yall picked. I’m going to try and build my own integrated circuit.

    Reply
  107. Emmanuella

    I really love the bullet train. I want to visit now!

    Reply
  108. Charlotte

    What is the most important thing about the integrated circuit introduction?

    Reply
  109. Addison

    Japan always seems to work ahead.

    Reply
  110. Henry

    Thank you for another amazing live!

    Reply
  111. Polina

    I love Science Live videos!

    Reply
  112. Alec

    Does this mean r-51 is or isn’t a waist of time? It’s surprising how much vacuum tubes have gotten downsized. I can’t believe they snuck in 67.

    Reply
  113. Lillian

    I LOVE SCIENCE

    Reply
  114. Adilynn

    Hello from Mississippi, I really liked the show today. Learning about the bullet train was cool. Also R-51 was super funny today.

    Reply
  115. Isaiah

    I want to build an iron man suit.

    Reply
  116. Keyanna

    that was so crazy I love watching areia 51 o that was amazing

    Reply
  117. Payton

    I loved the train story!

    Reply
  118. Morgan

    Hellooo! I really enjoyed today’s science live, and loved learning about the comet!

    Reply
  119. Sora

    This Science Live was really interesting!

    Reply
  120. Silas

    i really like the videos you guys make

    Reply
  121. Wyatt

    I like hearing about transportation from around the world.

    Reply
  122. Andromeda

    I’ve loved these past few lives so much !

    Reply
  123. Emma

    I can’t wait for the comet

    Reply
  124. Benett

    This one was grate I can’t wait for the next one

    Reply
  125. Cadyn

    I loved this episode so much. My mom is always telling me to open the circuit when she wants me to turn off a light. Hahaha

    Reply
  126. Andromeda

    Loved these past few lives so much!

    Reply
  127. Aisley

    Ok so I don’t know if i already commented or not cause it went away when i pressed the back button trying to get back to the home page but this is what i said lol. Does a vacuum tube or a transistor last longer. Also I loved learning about all of these integrated circuits today. And I think we all have time for r51.

    Reply
  128. Jolynn

    Hi from Ky. Today was amazing 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

    Reply
  129. Liam

    the name of the comet should be amazing liam

    Reply
  130. Olivia

    It was so fun learning about comets.

    Reply
  131. Weston

    We should call it either Herschel’s Comet or the LIVE Comet

    Reply
  132. Ananta

    Caleb and David are sooooo funny!

    Reply
  133. Brock

    My favorite part was when r-51 assistant sprayed the robot and the microscope and it shrunk. Science live is awesome!

    Reply
  134. Nadia

    Today’s science live was so fun. I also loved the train story!!!

    Reply
  135. Rome

    I love science live

    Reply
  136. Jolynn

    Hi from Ky. I hope to go to Japan someday.

    Reply
  137. Abram

    Watching from TN

    Reply
  138. Noah

    R51 is so funny.

    Reply
  139. Ayden

    Hello from Missouri enjoyed the video!

    Reply
  140. Elis

    The comets name is comet

    Reply
  141. Elijah

    Thank you so much for making another one of these amazing videos.

    Reply
  142. Riley

    What are some every day devices that use integrated circuits?

    Reply
  143. Maxwell

    Hi from TN thank you for this.

    Reply
  144. Lila

    I’m pumped to see this 2026 comet. I am also ready for the fair.

    Reply
  145. Serenity

    You guys are so fun to watch

    Reply
  146. Amity

    These are so worthwhile to watch!

    Reply
  147. Gavin

    Cant wait for more science live!

    Reply
  148. Stella

    This is so cool!

    Reply
  149. Bodhi

    I’m currently loving this live so far. R-51 is always so goofy!

    Reply
  150. Aiden

    the commoet of 2026 sounds pretty cool i hope it dosent get to close yto the sun

    Reply
  151. Aisley

    Does the vacuum tube or transistor last longer? Also I loved learning about all of these integrated circuits today. And I think we have all the time for r51.

    Reply
  152. Piper

    Science is amazing!!!

    Reply
  153. Riley

    i have lots of fun watching these

    Reply
  154. Lorenzo

    Love the bullet train

    Reply
  155. Jason

    Hi from Florida, I loved today’s competition!!! see you next week.

    Reply
  156. Samuel

    That was awesome thanks Dr. Billing.

    Reply
  157. Harper

    Science was really interesting today!!!!

    Reply
  158. Mason

    I’m glad I have acellac cuz these vidios are amazing

    Reply
  159. Clark

    I love science!

    Reply
  160. Skylar

    Can the bullet train go any faster than it goes right now, with it still being safe?

    Reply
  161. Olivia

    How many years ago was Hale bob seen on earth?

    Reply
  162. Landen

    This science live was awsome!

    Reply
  163. Lucas

    I loved the train story!

    Reply
  164. Leilani

    I love science live and getting to hear about new crazy technologies that are being made. I also enjoy watching Caleb and David.

    Reply
  165. Ayden

    Hello from Missouri! Great video.

    Reply
  166. Eliza

    #lovesciencelives

    Reply
  167. Jenna

    I really like the science live today

    Reply
  168. Natalia

    hi from KC, mo

    Reply
  169. Daxton

    The best episode yet!

    Reply
  170. Julia

    This was awesome

    Reply
  171. Taylor

    This was hilarious!!! And I saw that 67 joke😂

    Reply
  172. Aubrey

    I think circuits are interesting, liked the episode this week.

    Reply
  173. Gage

    I love science!!!!!

    Reply
  174. Collin

    loved the one hour challenge

    Reply
  175. Abigail

    Hi!! I loved this episode!

    Reply

Leave a Reply to Jason Cancel reply

By clicking "Submit", you agree to our Terms & Conditions. Required fields are marked *

Recent Episodes