http://focusdesigns.com Home of the electric self-balancing unicycle Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:29:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You've all been waiting for it, and it's finally here. Here's a video documenting the trip we took down to San Francisco to deliver MythBuster Adam Savage's SBU. Click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdhw-MnbbHA to watch it in HD, rate the video and comment on it. http://focusdesigns.com/2009/12/21/adam-savage-sbu/ I was contacted last week by a Discovery Channel production company interested in this self-balancing unicycle they’ve been hearing about.  They happen to be doing a story on the incredible achievements of Kris Holm and wanted to include what the future of unicycle may be.  If you haven’t heard of ... http://focusdesigns.com/2009/11/10/discovery-channel-shoot-with-kris-holm/ You've probably seen Honda's new U3-X "segway unicycle" all over the internet and compared it to the SBU...well here is my take on it: The U3-X is cool, I like it a lot and wouldn't mind having one (for free, Honda want me to test it?). But there are some drawbacks compared ... http://focusdesigns.com/2009/09/29/hondas-u3-x-versus-the-sbu/ Last week was a big week for us...we drove down to Vegas for the interbike expo, I was featured in the Columbian newspaper, Honda released their U3-X "unicycle" design and it appears that the SBU will actually be in the next MythBusters episode on October 7th. Things are moving along ... http://focusdesigns.com/2009/09/29/sbu-at-interbike/ Hey y'all, D-Mart here coming at you with some awesome news as far as the SBU Nerd Herd (Vancouver, WA division) goes! We're going to Vegas for the 2009 Interbike Convention and we are PUMPED!  I've helped Focus Designs on a few video projects in the past (here and here) but ... http://focusdesigns.com/2009/09/18/the-nerd-herd-the-vegas-interbike-convention/ We spent the evening at the Unicycle Noobs event at the Portland waterfront Friday Night.  It's an event put on by a Portland unicycle group call the Unicycle Bastards to teach noobies how to unicycle.  I showed up with 3 SBUs and let everyone pass them around, and did they ... http://focusdesigns.com/2009/06/13/unicycle-noobs/ Okay, little girls that have been riding unicycles for years can learn it in a few minutes. David Martschinske and I were invited to bring some SBUs to the Unicycling Club at Pleasant Valley Middle School last Wednesday.  We brought 3 SBUs not knowing if the kids would be daring enough ... http://focusdesigns.com/2009/06/13/so-easy-even-little-girls-can-ride-it/ KGW NewsChannel 8 in Portland Oregon ran a story on us.  Check out the nerd herd here: http://www.kgw.com/archive/59549397.html Here comes the wave. ;) http://focusdesigns.com/2009/05/29/could-self-balancing-unicycle-be-wave-of-the-future/ The Oregonian just ran an article about us. Read it here: Vancouver engineer invents self-balancing unicycle by Allan Brettman  Monday May 25, 2009, 6:05 PM Fredrick D. Joe/The Oregonian - Daniel Wood, co-founder of Focus Designs and inventor of the Self-Balancing Unicycle, demonstrates the battery-powered gadget outside his downtown Vancouver office. Wood, who ... http://focusdesigns.com/2009/05/26/read-all-about-us-in-the-oregonian/ The Columbian did an article about us.  Read it here: Bits 'n' Pieces: Camas man hops a ride to "MythBusters" Sunday, May 17 | 5:49 p.m. Top from left: “MythBusters” co-host Jamie Hyneman and Bobby Wood. Bottom from left: “MythBusters” co-host Adam Savage, Daniel Wood and Jordan Thompson. It typically takes people 45 minutes to ... http://focusdesigns.com/2009/05/25/extra-extra-read-all-about-us-in-the-columbian/