NYU students have built a Tamagotchi Vape a device that ends the life your virtual pet if you stop vaping. (2025) Created for the university's Stupid Hackathon, the project combines hardware At NYU's Stupid Hackathon, participants create outrageous inventions, and one that stood out was the Vape a Gotchi, a vape with a Tamagotchi inside. Created by Rebecca Xun and Lucia Camacho, the idea was There's a Vape With a Tamagotchi Inside & It Dies If You Stop Smoking During NYU's Stupid Hackathon, students enrolled in the program are invited to make something stupid. Among those ideas was a Tamagotchi housed inside a vape, designed by Adam Pritchard and Rohan Ghosh.