WideBand Corporation was created to develop, manufacture, and market a line of high performance networking products based on the WideCast channels technology, which Roger Billings invented and patented several years ago. While WideBand networking equipment is compatible with conventional Ethernet equipment, it has the advantage of very low latency. In fact, latencies on WideBand concentrators are […]
With the 1965 conversion of a Model A Ford to run on hydrogen, Roger Billings proved the technical viability of hydrogen as an automotive fuel. With the 1991 conversion of the LaserCel 1 to run on a hydrogen fuel cell, he proved its practical viability. The breakthrough – the hydrogen fuel cell with its increased […]
“What of today’s news is of most lasting significance? Maybe this: (First a little paragraph of background.) We can run automobiles with nothing but water in the gas tank, you know. We can run cars on hydrogen made from sea water; limitless supply; burns clean. Dr. Roger Billings demonstrated the feasibility of a hydrogen-powered automobile twenty-five years ago, but it was too costly.
To some, Roger Billings is a scientist. To others, he’s crazy. But to most, Billings, 33, is admired as a determined young man who has made his dream a reality, and in doing so he’s put together one of the most promising energy- and computer-oriented companies in the country.
At the age of thirty-three, Billings is a director of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy, an organization that includes some of the top hydrogen researchers in the world, and he’s the president, chairman of the board, and director of two corporations: Billings Computer Corporation and Billings Energy Corporation.
“Omni” dubbed Billings “The Hydrogen Man” “Meanwhile, the news has got around that what Billings does, works.” Omni Magazine January 1982 “Entrepreneur” named Billings “Young Millionaire of the Month” “Billings, 33, is admired as a determined young man who has made his dream a reality, and in doing so, he’s put together one of the […]
NEXT Magazine included Roger Billings in its “One Hundred Most Powerful People for the Eighties”, citing his pioneering work in hydrogen energy: “Wherein NEXT editors, in their wisdom, having by virtue of assiduous research discovered fivescore Americans who have the potential to achieve substantial power over the minds and lives of their fellow citizens during […]
The “Ten Outstanding Young Men” award is bestowed annually by the U.S. Jaycees upon “a group of leaders for their vigor and enterprise in attacking societal problems — and offering solutions.” Roger Billings, one of the Ten for 1980, was chosen from hundreds of nominees by a panel of seven judges. Upon receiving the award, […]
Hydrogen Entrepreneur Billings, 33, founded Billings Energy Corporation in Independence, Missouri, with annual sales of $20 million. Holds seven patents. His firm built first hydrogen-powered car and bus, and first hydrogen-heated home. Now developing kitchen range that will burn the fuel. All with view to using hydrogen produced at low cost from coal.
