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Hello 2012!

Hello fellow n3rds, Wow, our last post was made in the summer months – it has definitely been a while since we’ve kept the world updated on whats going on over here.  We had increasingly more traction all over the world selling SBU’s.  We’ve had a lot of awesome moments this last year but nothing [...]

Segway Polo and the Self Balancing Unicycle

California trip #2 was awesome. This time we primarily stayed in Folsom as we were attending the International Segway Polo Cup, AKA: “The Woz Cup“.  We did get to meet Woz (Co-founder of Apple, Inc.) I was really excited to meet Woz and yes, his player number is 3.14  If you line up the whole [...]

Using the Tektronix TDS2024C Scope on the SBU

Heres a quick video we made for a Tektronix contest. It’s something quick we slapped together with some old footage that we had and hopefully we will score a new scope from Tek! You also get a chance to officially see “Gimpy” – the original idea that launched the SBU. Vote “or die” here: Vote [...]

Focus Designs meets Trevor Blackwell and the Anybot

Many of you SBU enthusiasts know who Trevor Blackwell is but you might not be aware of his most-recent endeavor, the Anybot (a personal robotic avatar).  As we traveled through California on our Left Coast Tour we had a chance to meet Trevor along with a few of the Anybot engineers and some people from [...]

SBU Left Coast Tour

Update as of 2/16/2011: ♫ “From Oakland to Sacktown, The Bay Area and back down, Cali is where they put they mack down, Give me love… California Love!””♫ No, Focus Designs hasn’t turned gangsta’ (we’re a “n3rd h3rd” not a “gang”). We’re just planning our SBU Left Coast Tour dates. The SBU was born to be wild, and [...]

Announcing: SBU Version 2.0!

Friends, nerds, countrymen, lend me your ears. Here at Focus Designs, we are proud to announce the release of our much-anticipated and improved SBU V2.0.  Aside from a sleeker look, a safer ride, and more power – the new SBU V2.0 is much easier to learn and guaranteed to be an instant crowd-pleaser. Here at [...]