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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/02/cuvgvxn9cy7oghm5f87w.jpg?quality=75970439A useful hack can be a wonderful lifesaver, but sometimes an utterly pointless hack can be just as great. For no other reason than they could (and maybe to celebrate International Arduino Day), the folks at Just Add Sharks hacked a laser cutter to be controlled by an Etch A Sketch.