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 NYU Students Created a Vape That Keeps a Digital Pet Alive NYU students Rebecca Xun and Lucia Camacho went viral after creating the "Vape o Gotchi" for the 2025 Stupid Hackathon. The 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 these nyu students are onto something Jordan Mazer 24 comments