The Amazing Arduino

March 11, 2026  •  EPISODE 301

Step into the world of hands-on electronics and creative invention with Dr. Roger Billings in this electrifying episode of Science LIVE!

Discover how the Arduino is more than just a microcontroller—it’s a powerful gateway to innovation. From robotics and smart devices to automation and real-world STEM applications, Arduino makes it possible to turn imagination into working technology.

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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4,737 Comments

  1. Hunter

    when are you guys going to release the helicopter course

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  2. Mackenzie

    Love watching!!!

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  3. Jordan

    Awesome as usual!

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  4. Hayden

    Wow! Arduinos are so interesting!!!

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  5. Evan

    Nice, I learned something new today!

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  6. Addisyn

    Omg the Arduinos were so interesting to learn!

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  7. Billy

    I love Science Live.

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  8. Callie

    I liked watching this!!!!

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  9. Santiago

    How do you implement code into an Arduino?

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  10. Seoyoung

    That was amazing show!!

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  11. Gerard

    Good evening, Acellus Academy! Thank you so much for Science Live! R51 was so funny🤣

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  12. Nathan

    I love Acellus!

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  13. Liliana

    Arduinos are cool and interesting! love it!!!

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  14. Hunter

    Great video! Really liked learning about the Arduino and other technology.

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  15. Dominik

    Arduinos sounds so interesting! Thank you for teaching me about it!

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  16. Shyanne

    Another great video! Loved learning about the asteroids and seeing how those “small rocks” are actually really big rocks that just look smaller from the photos.

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  17. Jude

    This videos are great, keep it up!

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  18. Jameson

    I really like watching this every week.

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  19. Levi

    Arduinos are so interesting!!!!

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  20. Aubree

    I am going to create something to launch my career, using the help of Arduinos!! (Manifesting)

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  21. Heru

    Science is great!, it’s my favorite subject

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  22. Alyce

    Wow this was such an amazing episode thank you so much! I have never heard of arduinos they are really interesting!

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  23. Logan

    I had no idea about the dart program until now

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  24. Liam

    the Arduinos are very interesting to me.

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  25. Erica

    Thank you for the video!

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  26. Mia

    Wow! The design of the computer is amazing.

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  27. Santiago

    Hello from Guanajuato, Mexico

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  28. Julian

    I love the science night lives

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  29. William

    I’d never heard about arduinos before. Super interesting topic to learn about! This is why I love tuning into to science live.

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  30. August

    Hi from TN
    this live was so good!

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  31. Malakai

    What’s an Arduino and how did it get discovered?

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  32. Jacob

    Hello, my name is Jacob. I especially liked the part about the microcontroller, because of how it drastically changed the size of technology. Anyway, thank you for the knowledge.

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  33. Bodey

    Very cool story. Thanks for sharing!

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  34. Cameron

    enjoyed learning about arduinos

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  35. Christopher

    Hello from VA!

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  36. Kamryn

    So so cool!!!!

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  37. Jacob

    Love learning about lots of new things!!

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  38. Isabella

    hello from virginia! i loved learning about the arduinos, thank you!

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  39. Gaibrel

    The live tonight was very interesting.

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  40. Piper

    I really liked learning about steering asteroids. I am excited to get my gold key next year

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  41. Lauren

    loved this episode this week!

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  42. Aslan

    Space is so interesting. I would love to hear more about asteroids.

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  43. Vollie

    this was a fun science live episode to watch!!

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  44. Brandon

    I love Acellus Live. It is always so amazing how things change. The Arduinos were very interesting.

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  45. Seoyoung

    Today’s live is so interesting!!!

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  46. Destani

    Amazing show! I love Acellus already!….

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  47. Isabelle

    Arduinos could one day be used in athletic shoes to track and measure forces on the body to improve athletic training.

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  48. Skylar

    Aduinos! that is so cool!!!!

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  49. Lucien

    Can it test the blood without putting it in you?

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  50. Bridger

    science live is so cool.

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  51. Rachael

    I really enjoyed this lesson!

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  52. Robin

    loved the live this week!

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  53. Gavin

    The alligator story was hilarious! 😂 Thanks for another great Science Live!

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  54. Meli

    The Dart mission video was so cool. I’ve never seen an asteroid that close.

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  55. Kasen

    Another interesting science live! It was interesting to see more unique things that science has helped us with too!

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  56. James

    Tobias shall never be replaced!!

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  57. Shiloh

    hello from illinois

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  58. Diesel

    I think the gold key is a good idea.

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  59. Ella

    Thanks for another great video this week. Arduino!

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  60. Sadie

    Hi from Vriginia

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  61. Emerson

    R51 is super duper cool

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  62. Finnley

    How long has the arduino been around?

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  63. Maston

    Did anything else happen to dimorphos are it got hit?

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  64. Caroline

    Nice episode!! Super interesting!

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  65. Sebastian

    I like computers because they are the most important piece of tech in history if you think about it everything is a computer from massive computer farms to simple watches!

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  66. Vivecka

    Didn’t know about arduinos until now!

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  67. Charles

    What were the parameters that were the same that all the different companies needed?

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  68. Alessandra

    so excited for the science fair

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  69. Declan

    The micro controllers are so small!

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  70. Leander

    super fun way to learn!

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  71. Kady

    This science live was great

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  72. Brayden

    I love science live!!

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  73. Jase

    I liked the gold keys and arduinos part a lot!

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  74. Carlos

    science is amazing. Dr Rogers is a smart man.

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  75. Elizabeth

    hello from Arlington Tennessee

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  76. John

    I think the asteroid at 8 hrs looks so different than the first intial picture. It’s very interesting.

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  77. Kyron

    tea anyone “sublime”

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  78. Abbi

    I love hearing from Mr. Tobias! He’s funny and explains the history of inventors and their inventions and how they work very well! He’s my favorite out of the first three speakers before Mr. Billings.

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  79. Auria

    That is so cool the way the Acellus gold card looks!

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  80. Jackson

    I always liked Arduino! Loved the lesson

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  81. Jeremiah

    So cool great episode i cant wait for next one!

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  82. Lucio

    I what to do science project what would you recommend??!???

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  83. Harrison

    It’s amazing how we got the asteroid to change direction ; it would have been horrible if it hit Earth.

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  84. Mack

    I love R51 he is so funny.

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  85. Joseph

    It’s amazing how electronics so small can fit massive amounts of data!

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  86. Brian

    what a cool show

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  87. Kinley

    Wow i really liked this science live today! It really helped me thank you.

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  88. Wafaa

    Hi from Maryland.

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  89. Brantley

    Science rules!

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  90. Liam

    Great episode this week can’t wait for next week.

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  91. Max

    The calculator looks like a kids toy.

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  92. Kaysen

    Much love from Texas! Amazing science live!

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  93. Nora

    I thought this video was super interesting and I learned a few new things!

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  94. Emilia

    I look forward to these videos every week. So many exciting things to learn about!

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  95. Braxton

    How long have they been debating on if its a meteor or a comet?

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  96. Gage

    how many satellites do u think have been made..?

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  97. Anari

    What is the main purpose of an Arduino Uno?

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  98. Sydney

    It was a very fun video, my favorite part was area 51

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  99. Iseabail

    One of the most amazing episodes of science live ever!!!!

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  100. Zaren

    `how long did it take to make a the micro prosseser

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  101. Iseabail

    Good episode of science live

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  102. Jashua

    i never knew ardunios could all that

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  103. Ethan

    I love Acellus!!

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  104. William

    I am so happy that we are getting to see you again

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  105. Alessandra

    I like all the interesting things that Dr Tobias talks about, please don’t skip over him. I enjoy listening to all the facts that all the doctors bring. The information about the asteroid destroyer was very interesting, and I’m happy NASA is figuring out how to protect us from asteroids.

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  106. Kai

    Does the debris from the collision begin orbiting the asteroid itself?

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  107. Bailey

    I always want to hear from Tobias!

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  108. Addisyn

    I love watching science live and learning new things.

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  109. Trevor

    Loved the live today!

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  110. Hailey

    I loved the Sherlock Holmes bit.

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  111. Charlie

    It was fun learning about Arduinos.

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  112. Hailey

    Watching from California I loved the Sherlock Holmes bit.

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  113. Jayden

    I loved todays episode

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  114. Joel

    This was good live and hello from INDIANA 👍

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  115. Eloise

    Arduinos are super interesting. I loved the lesson!!

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  116. Elliott

    I love Science live and Acellus.

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  117. Moorea

    Wow the amazing Arduino is very cool, its crazy how space is infinite.

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  118. Melanie

    Enjoyed learning about microcontrollers. Very interesting.

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  119. Ava

    Thank you Acellus team! My favorite part was when Caleb and David pretended they were Sherlock and Holmes.

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  120. Ian

    The Arduino was great

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  121. Henry

    you should never skip Tobias

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  122. Mayla

    Omg Arduinos are awesome! I had a fun time learning about them! Ilove science and technology!

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  123. Kiersten

    thank you for science live!

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  124. Domonic

    Science is so interesting and amazing!

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  125. Jason

    do robots have mind of there own

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  126. Truman

    Could craters be used as alternative foundations for extra room required for AI data center construction?

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  127. Jaysa

    That is so incredible!💫

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  128. Elliott

    Great episode this week.

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  129. Phillip

    R-51 catching an alligator is one of the best stories I’ve heard so far!

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  130. Bella-smith-plourde

    Good vibes thank you silly guy.

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  131. Ian

    what inspired you to make the billing’s computer

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  132. Charles

    So the astroid will be visible to the naked eye?

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  133. Paiton

    I’ve always been into learning about robotic type technology, so this was very cool for me to listen to!! Watching from KY.

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  134. Shyanne

    Hello from MO!!

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  135. Zayli

    Have a wonderful weekend! I think science is AWESOME!

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  136. Maryann

    i cant belive nasas space craft into a astroid in 2022

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  137. Kassidy

    arduino was so cool to learn about!

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  138. Kylie

    I liked learning about Arduinos

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  139. Tyrek

    Arduinos are so cool! Don’t skip Tobias!

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  140. Ava

    This episode has made me want to buy an Arduino haha

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  141. Elias

    Roger Billings said, “Study, study, study, like your life depends on it.” So true, so true.

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  142. Zayli

    How were calculators made? I love SCIENCE!

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  143. Nash

    This was great stuff!! Thank you

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  144. Diego

    its crazy how micro controllers are everywhere in everything!

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  145. Sara

    These Science Live episodes are so interesting.

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  146. Dana

    Wow! I really enjoy learning more through these science lives.

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  147. Olivia

    Science is such a big part of our lives.

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  148. Alexa

    Science lives are always so fun and educational

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  149. Giuliana

    I liked learning about arduinos.

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  150. Genesis

    very impressive on what the arduino boards can do . really useful for prototyping !

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  151. Amelia

    I had no idea what a microprocessor was before this!

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  152. Lauren

    This is so interesting thank you so much Mr billings for being all of our teacher its a blessing to get to learn from you!

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  153. Azaria

    I enjoyed learning about Arduino. It very cool how a small science project started your big career

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  154. Serenity

    thank you I love the video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  155. Riley

    This live was so cool and interesting!

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  156. Victoria

    I’m so glad Tabias came ON!

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  157. Savannah

    This episode was really interesting. The skit by the Protoges was amazing, but i also really love the game, clue, that they did the skit after!!

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  158. Avery

    Another great live, guys! Keep it up!

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  159. Kylan

    i love r-51 he is so funny and thank you for the video

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  160. Carter

    I found Arduinos fascinating!

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  161. Kayden

    The Arduino is amazing to be so small! I never knew you could buy these things and make things. I’m excited to learn more!

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  162. Khyla

    Thank you for the Science Live!!

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  163. Maya

    On the subject of hitting asteroids to change its trajectory, would making the satellite out of the same mass on the same path but with a more fragile material, would that have a positive or negative affect on the debris ratio, and change how well we knock something from its original orbit?

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  164. Trevor

    I thought this video was interesting learning about arduino and how it works. Can’t wait for next weeks episode.

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  165. Jacob

    That was some good information

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  166. Lexie

    Great episode! Very educational!

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  167. Ariany

    haahahah so funny loved this episode. Super cool London

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  168. Dane

    This live was Awsome!!!!!!

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  169. Sonya

    This is so cool and sooo interesting!!! thank you!

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  170. Evelyn

    arduinos? what a cool word!!

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  171. Ahonesty

    this video was def one of my favorites!!

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  172. Connor

    I wonder how comets form?

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  173. Chancellor

    Arduinos are so cool and interesting

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  174. Dominic

    i joined this school on the 291 episode so i have no clue about the light bulb. i now know what i need for my hi memory computer that i am going to create

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  175. Gabriel

    This one was the best one i think

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