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. Vapes have often been criticised for appealing too much to children. Now, an exceptionally dark gadget dubbed the 'Vape o Gotchi' takes that to an entirely new level. Inspired by the wildly popular In a bizarre mix of tech and nostalgia, a new invention was introduced at the Stupid Hackathon hosted by NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Dubbed the Vape a gotchi, it's a vape with Ooze Bot Character Vape Battery: 650mAh Robot 510 Pen If You Stop Vaping This Tamagotchi Dies