Teardown of a 5th Generation Prius Inverter
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/teardown-the-inverter-from-a-5th-generation-prius/

The best part about BEV and hybrid cars is probably the bit where their electronics are taken out for a good teardown and comparison with previous generations and competing designs. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/teardown-the-inverter-from-a-5th-generation-prius/)

Printing with PHA Filament as Potential Alternative to PLA
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/printing-with-pha-filament-as-potential-alternative-to-pla/

PLA (polylactic acid) has become the lowest common denominator in FDM 3D printing, offering decent performance while being not very demanding on the printer. That said, it’s often noted that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/printing-with-pha-filament-as-potential-alternative-to-pla/)

Taking Electronics to a Different Level
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/different-approaches-to-level-shifting/

One part wants 3.3V logic. Another wants 5V. What do you do? Over on the [Playduino] YouTube channel, there’s a recent video running us through a not-so-recent concern: various approaches …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/different-approaches-to-level-shifting/)

Finally, A Pipe Slapophone With MIDI
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/finally-a-pipe-slapophone-with-midi/

If you live in a major city, you’ve probably seen a street performer with some variety of slapophone. It’s a simple musical instrument that typically uses different lengths of PVC …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/finally-a-pipe-slapophone-with-midi/)

It Only Takes a Handful of Samples To Poison Any Size LLM, Anthropic Finds
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/it-only-takes-a-handful-of-samples-to-poison-any-size-llm-anthropic-finds/

It stands to reason that if you have access to an LLM’s training data, you can influence what’s coming out the other end of the inscrutable AI’s network. The obvious …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/it-only-takes-a-handful-of-samples-to-poison-any-size-llm-anthropic-finds/)

Hackaday Links: December 14, 2025
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/hackaday-links-december-14-2025/

Fix stuff, earn big awards? Maybe, if this idea for repair bounties takes off. The group is dubbed the FULU Foundation, for “Freedom from Unethical Limitations on Users,” and was …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/14/hackaday-links-december-14-2025/)