How My Training As An Inventioneer Altered Ethernet
Everyone said it was impossible. Engineers laughed and called it ‘The Billings Folly’ — as a joke. Then the entire internet adopted it, and now the whole world uses it.
Dr. Roger Billings tells the inside story of how full duplex gigabit Ethernet was invented, rejected at IEEE standards meetings, and eventually became the global standard behind modern internet, streaming video, and AI.
Discover the inventions that made it possible — the concentrator, the equalizer circuit, and the balanced hybrid circuit — and hear what happened when Ron Crane, the father of Ethernet himself, stepped in to defend it.
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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Science live is the coolest thing ever because you get to learn so much and it can be so fun!
This live was very interesting! I can’t wait for the next one.
Hello from New York:D
I learned tons from this Roger Billings and hope to learn more! And the fact that R-51 said his invention wasn’t supposed to answer that question was quite funny.
I liked everything you talked about
I like learning about how much Dr. Billings had to do with various things like computing
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Hearing about the new treatment for deafness is incredible!
Loved the episode! The segment about deafness reminded of the videos online where babies get glasses/hearing aids for the first time. You can see their eyes change as they realize what they’ve been missing out on!
I love learning new things about science!
How very interesting! Keep up the great work!
I liked hearing how fast the speed of light is!
I love doing acellus! also I cant believe you altered Ethernet.
My parents helped us make a light bulb using a jar some copper wire and a battery.
Thank you for the Science Live video.
To go from 1MB to 1000 MB is a lot to try to jump from.
Mr. Billings who would you say is the most ingenuitive Inventioneer you have met?
I found hearing about the new treatment for deafness having positive results incredibly moving. Hearing for the first time! Wow, what a great invention
Love this one!!
Area 51 always makes me laugh!!
My dad says he has a network interface card he uses in his servers.
Thank you for such an educational Science Live presentation! It was very interesting to learn how Dr. Roger Billings invented the full gigabit Ethernet and how politics are involved in approving or rejecting a major invention.
Can you use barbed wire to send electricity like normal wire?
Tuning in from Colorado!
Wow that was amazing! This science life is great!
You gotta store everything in your “mental toolbox”.
I agree that it is good too look for the problem and then try to invent the solution for them.
Thank you for this live! It was very interesting. I love having something new to look forward to and learn every week!
This has to be my most favorite science live ever! Networks are very interesting!
You BIG R made a big difrense!
So that’s where wide band came from. Now we have ultra wide band so much improvement on the internet.
Very inspiring live!
Seeing how the ethernet evolved and how much of an impact Roger Billings had even though he was ridiculed is such an inspiration to anyone in the world!
Very interesting video!!!
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Great video!!!! My uncle wanted to watch it with me. He says thanks.
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It’s interesting to think that the things we take for granted didn’t exist not that long ago.
Science live is so fun to watch! it is also very educational too!
It’s crazy how far technology has come.
Did Dr. Billings actually invent the personal computer?
I love how she dressed up as a cow girl!
R51 should team up with the protojays
I like how persevering is a common theme throughout the video.
Did Edison use fishing line in search of filament?
I liked Dr John talking about the job he did making the concentrator.
Pretty awesome!
Such an interesting Live!
I was interested in the Ethernet. How do Category 5 wires receive data packages from faraway distances?
As this is my first video i come to watch for Acellus Academy i do really like the way they made it entertaining while keeping it very educational!!
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Ms Pajet is very nice
wow! It’s truly awesome how science can allow people who were born without the ability to hear to be able to hear for the first time!
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The ethernet is very interesting
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Nice live! Loved learning about Ethernet.
Thanks for another amazing video!
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very interesting and fun
This week’s episode was so interesting!
I think it is really cool that somebody made people that are deaf be able to hear thank you Roger billings!!!
I think Ethernet is rilly cool!
interesting science live
Thank you dr Billings!
Another great Science Live. Learning about ethernet was very interesting
I am hard of hearing and I could not imagine not being able to hear anything at all. I am so glad that the shot worked for the people who were deaf!
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Thank you for the science livee!
I love the part when it explains the Ethernet.
I loved this new video today it was so cool and it was so fun.
Can’t wait for the next live!!
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I love learning about science
I love you Ms. Pajet! You helped me with my social anxiety, I can now speak more clearly and not be shy, thank you!!!
Supper cool and interesting.
Ethernet is so helpful!
Thank goodness for brains and inventioneers!
HELLO! I am so excited to learn next weeks video! I’m sorry I’m so late. Bye from Texas!
Great live guys
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I have never heard of the ethernet before this.
wow very interesting
Ethernet is awesome!
I loved learning about Ethernet it’s so cool
Great science live this week. Can’t wait for the one coming out tomorrow.
Hello from TEXAS!!!!
This is my second time watching this.
It’s fun you’ll love it!! I’m from Texas too!
Great science live
These science lives have made me love learning, Thank you! I wonder what the next one will be
i don’t understand how they do these videos every week.It’s like they always have something new to talk about
I enjoyed the video, it was very interesting.
The invention of being able to let deaf people hear is awesome.
This was a great Science Live!
Comment i love live is was so good
thanks for showing us!
It’s really cool how they were trying to find a solution for sending at the same time!
Wow ethernet is so interesting to learn about.
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I love the videos and think they are really cool
Wow! That is so cool, nice to learn something new.
I like how there is always something new and different to learn about on science live.
It is interesting that Etherent can send two signals at the same time.
love science live
The videos are always so fun and interesting.
If you have people that don’t believe in you but you put your best work in anyways you can get very far in life and what you what to get done.
I didn’t even know what ethernet was…
That was a great science live.
i loved that it was so cooool
Another great week of Science Live!
Can’t wait to see the next Science Live!
Science is changing lives I love it.
it was really fun to watch
Yet another great episode! And I agree with you both – the bigger companies didn’t want you to get a headstart!
This was a cool science live!
Great Science Live! Thank you!
I honestly didn’t know this much about ethernet until these two videos. Keep up the good work!
this is super interesting
very informative thank you
what is the ethernet ?
Loved it!
How did Dr. Roger billing build Ethernet?
Thank you for another great episode! It’s been so interesting to discover the ethernet with you guys!
Dr.billing keep working! your doing great!!!!
I think it’s so cool to see how swapping a standard engineering mindset for an “inventioneer’s” could actually shake up something as foundational as Ethernet.
That’s crazy how people found a way to make deaf people hear. I’m deaf in one ear and I have a hearing aid. Can you make a video on how hearing aids work?
What year was the ethernet made?
You guys are amazing at speaking and it stands out for me really well and I thank you guys for the school and I thank you guys for everything that you have done in progressed 👏
nice live see u next week.
What a great science live-hadley from texas
Will the people who made the hearing improvement stay improving or will it go back?
What is the new breakthrough for deaf people? My mom has minears disease she has lost hearing bc of it.
I always look forward to watching the science live!
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see you this Wednesday!
this is crazy. i can not wait for the next weeks
Very Interesting!
it was very cool learning about how Dr Billings helped improve the eathernet!
loved the video
how does the ethernet work
I didn’t know about Dr. Billings role with Ethernet. I think it’s amazing that he played such a significant part in helping advance Ethernet technology by solving the collision problems. Also, is that Lady Paget Monet in the WideBand ad about the Gigabit Ethernet over Existing Cabling?
I like your video!!
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Great watching.
See science live next week.
I’m so glad I got to watch this live this week
See you next week !
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Interesting science live, thank you!
Great video! Would it be ethical to use hampers as part of my science experiment? I’m not using any genetic/DNA stuff, just using phycology.
I loved learning more about how the Ethernet was created!
Learned about the internet
Yay I love it
internet standards are very interesting. thanks for the video!
Amazing science see you next week
quite interesting to hear on how they made the deaf able to hear, and how computers work, similar in a way to last weeks upload.
very fun to watch
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R51 is amazing!!
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Yay we’re going to talk about the Ethernet again!
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This is amazing . Thank you
Excited for this week. Go Acellus!