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.

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 to the SBU (what? I’m [...]

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 nicely here at Focus Designs.
The [...]

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 I have to say that [...]

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 ever!  Those Bastards (what? that’s [...]

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.

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 created the company with his [...]

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 get the hang of the [...]

Well, the day has come, a day that you have been waiting for, a day that will go down in history, no world peace has not come – SBUs are ready to ship!  We are totally excited to bring the SBU to the world! Click the shopping tab at the top to place an order.

We [...]

We are pumped!  The SBU will show up in an episode of Mythbusters called “Hang in there” which should air in the next few weeks.  It will also show up in a future episode called “Bullets Dropped vs. Fired” which should hit the air in about 3-4 months.  Viewing party anyone?

Go Adam, go Adam, it’s [...]