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 Creators of Tamagotchi Vape That Dies If You Stop Puffing: "We Tested It So Much, we Were Both So Diseased From Vaping" 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 Vape With Tamagotchi Inside The Vape o Gotchi: When Play Meets Health Tamagotchi Vape Dies Australia NYU Hackathon's Vape O Gotchi concept explained At NYU's Stupid Hackathon in 2025, students created a deliberately absurd project: a Tamagotchi style digital pet embedded inside a vape device. The pet only stays alive if the user continues vaping,