[Credit: Kyle/Instructables] If you were anything like me as a kid (or even an adult!), if you couldn’t get your hands on some Lego, you’d turn to the next best thing: K’nex. If you’re into making ...
Do you remember those building toys called K'Nex? Well an engineering student at the University of Colorado (CU) named Andrew most certainly does. He actually managed to build a fully-functional ...
It’s really a wonder that we missed this one, what with all the extra time in front of a computer we’ve had over the last year or so. But better late than never, we always say, so behold, (a little at ...
Austin Granger, from St. Anthony Park neighborhood in St. Paul, posted this video on YouTube — and it’s going viral! This is Clockwork, my fifth major K’nex ball machine, and my largest and most ...
The St. Paul Pioneer Press last talked to Austin Granger in 2012 when the University of Minnesota undergraduate was becoming a YouTube sensation. He had filled his St. Paul bedroom with a massive ...
K’Nex has been around for less than 30 years but has already become the building toy of choice for elaborate creations that are impossible to build with Lego. Tyler Bower just demonstrated the ...
It’s not always true that bigger is better. Unless you’re building something out of K’Nex. In that case, bigger is definitely better. Just ask Austin Granger, the man behind this giant K’Nex ball ...
The YouTuber Shadowman39 used the children’s plastic construction set K’NEX as the basis for a full-fledged 8-bit computer. The mechanical model created by the YouTuber is capable of performing ...