Daniel Wood

Daniel Wood is an American inventor and entrepreneur, best known for creating the first commercially available self-balancing unicycle. He is currently the founder and CEO of Focus Designs. He is also the Director of Control Systems at Future Motion as well as an advisory council member at RYNO Motors.

Career

Wood's early career began with U.S. Digital, a manufacturer of optical encoders based in Washington. He dropped out of high school and became a self-taught engineer, leading to his job at U.S. Digital. Competing in a difficult job market without a degree caused Wood to pursue his hobby which led to the creation of the self-balancing unicycle. Despite there being self-balancing unicycles and concept vehicles built by hobbyists prior to Wood's invention, he is attributed as the first to make one available commercially.

Wood is the founder of Focus Designs, a company that distributes the self-balancing unicycle that Wood invented.