If You Stop Vaping This Tamagotchi Dies

There is a cursed vape somewhere in NYC that holds the soul of a Tamagotchi. If you stop vaping, the digital pet dies. Only engineers who once worked for Meta and weapons manufacturer Anduril could create a machine so heinous. And that’s exactly what they did at the annual NYU Stupid Hackathon last month. Stupid hackathons are a tradition in the software engineer, hacker, and maker space. Every year across the country people come together to use their skills to make very dumb things. Past inventions include a machine that makes you look like you pissed yourself when you wanna get out of small talk, a selfie stick for a beer can, and a head mounted rack that makes it look like you’re seeing through a long intestinal tract. The NYU Stupid Hackathon is organized by the Interactive Telecommunications Program at the Tisch School of the Arts. It went on for 12 hours and included creations such as a table that never stops shaking and a printer that drafts legally binding documents to track ... Read full article.