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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 … Read More >

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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 … Read More >

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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 … Read More >

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Focus Designs finds a new home

We have moved to a new crib yo. Ok, that’s not really how we talk, but we do have a new place in downtown Vancouver Washington, or the couve as we call it. Ok, we really don’t call it that … Read More >

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SBU Myth Busted! No, Plausible!

On the set of Mythbusters riding SBUs with Adam Savage and the Mythbusters crew – life is good! Daniel (SBU inventor) presented SBU #2 to Adam Savage (host of Mythbusters) on set at an undisclosed location. We are totally going … Read More >

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Merry SBU Christmas

This little SBU (#3) should have a bow, some mistletoe on it, and a herd of reindeer pulling it. It was presented to Vadim who won it in a raffle at a Christmas party.

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SBU #2 is very special, the uber-SBU, for someone very special… stay tuned, this is not a myth. We’ve already said too much.

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SBU meet the Segway

Daniel Wood (SBU inventor) meets Dean Kamen (Segway inventor) and in a fight to the death… opps, wrong story. Daniel presents the first SBU to Dean at his house – Dean instantly falls in love. The question I have is … Read More >

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Watch a celebrity, David, learn to ride the SBU. (Ok, David is only a celebrity to his mama, but we think he’s pretty cool.) Check it out on the Media page.

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The SBU becomes a celebrity

The SBU video is published!  Check it out on the Media page.

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