After seeing pics of the submarine, it seems like the Logitech controller is actually the least sketchy part.
Can you link to some pics?
Here’s a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29co_Hksk6o
I agree with the other commenter—pretty sketchy all around.
Here is a submariners take on the accident with the information available so far:
I didn’t expect to watch that whole thing, but I did. What an absolute gong show. How these people got conned into getting into that death trap is beyond me.
Great video, thanks for sharing.
That thing sounds like a death trap 😬
Yea nothing new. The technology in these things is decades old, fully perfected and unless you’re using some Nintendo parts, bullet-proof. There isn’t much anyone can do to improve on proven game controller technology without exorbitant costs. Heck, in a sub you probably won’t throw the pad against the wall, so it should last centuries.
That’s not new idea US Navy is using Xbox 360 Controller in USS Colorado submarine - https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/18/17136808/us-navy-uss-colorado-xbox-controller
I mean, unless that controller is what caused this incident I don’t see how that’s anything other than a cheap shot at the company behind this debacle. Not that they and their submarine aren’t sketchy for plenty of other reasons, but “they used common off-the-shelf tech for part of their thing!” shouldn’t alarm anyone. It’s such common practice across the scientific, military, and tech communities to use commercial off-the-shelf solutions when it makes sense to do so, because why would you reinvent something like the computer mouse if you don’t have to?
