In 2025, NYU's Stupid Hackathon invited students to build deliberately useless or absurd projects. One of the ideas was a Tamagotchi placed inside a vape, created by Rebecca Xun and Lucia Camacho. Vape mit Tamagotchis?! #dariuschh #fyp #vape #tamagotchi #gesundheit The Vape o Gotchi is a standard Elf Bar e cigarette connected to custom electronics that detects whether or not the vape is being used. Explaining the gadget's morbidly simple premise, the creators say: 'It's Creators of Tamagotchi Vape That Dies If You Stop Puffing: "We Tested It So Much, we Were Both So Diseased From Vaping" Creators of Tamagotchi Vape That Dies If You Stop Puffing: "We Tested It So Much, we Were Both So Diseased From Vaping" Is this the darkest gadget yet? Tamagotchi VAPE dubbed the 'Vape o Gotchi' dies if you stop puffing Daily Mail Online