Vending machines are popular side hustles, thanks to founders who share their stories on social media. Vending-machine businesses require minimal investments and are low-maintenance to operate.

VALLEY CENTER, Kan. (KWCH) — A high school student in Kansas is getting a lot of attention from the entire world after he turned a school locker into a soda vending machine. Blake Hawkins is a senior ...

A DIY Raspberry Pi vending machine has been created by Christopher Natan using a little Arduino programming and hardware. Full instructions on how the project is created have kindly been published to ...

An innovative teenager from Kansas created a vending machine in his locker at school and started making big bucks. Blake Hawkins says he loves building things, so he created the "Soda Locker" inside ...

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Saying that I stumbled into a homemade vending machine for art would be an understatement. I collided into it the same way I discover everything: knee first. With the grace of a bow-legged giraffe I ...

AN enterprising sevenyear-old from Tullyallen has raised money for charity by creating a homemade vending machine to sell his unwanted chocolate to friends. Cian Yelland from Townley Manor wanted to ...