He calls it Ninja Chess. He’s had the idea to 3D print a complete set of ninjas vs pirates for a chess board, but, let’s be real; printing thirty-two chess pieces would take a long time.

Now we just need to make things a little more barbaric. Although it’s not directly related to Harry Potter in any way (yet!), the self-moving chess board from maker Square Off is still magical tech.

[Oriol Galceran] has constructed an interesting robotic chess player for his end of school project. It’s called the ChessM8, and is an impressive feat considering [Oriol] is only 17! He’s ...