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[–] Minotaur@lemm.ee 119 points 1 year ago (23 children)

Just as a fun fact, it’s actually quite common for industrial machinery and the like to be controlled with a gaming controller. Like, a hundred things wrong with the submarine trip - but the PlayStation controller is genuinely one of the more legitimate aspects.

They’re simply made well, easy to use, and typically extremely durable and long lasting.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Navy has some periscopes on subs that are controlled by an Xbox 360 controller. They cited familiarity with soldiers making training easier, and cost reduction vs the old hardware. It was an easy decision.

[–] Sizzler@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 year ago

And with batteries and wired it has power redundancy

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