Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering

Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by cm2187 on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @04:46PM (#36410264)

The controller itself is probably reliable enough, like any cheap keyboard on amazon. I wouldn't want my life to rely on bluetooth though.

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Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by rwmj on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @05:40PM (#36411072)

I don't even want my music listening to depend on bluetooth.

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Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by donkey_oaty on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @04:50PM (#36410333)

Absolutely. The fella in the article is going wired though by the look of it.

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Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by lolinder on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @06:20PM (#36411507)

They have a couple of pretty good shots of the controller, and I don't see a wire. Also, the marketing image they include for the controller is clearly labeled as wireless.

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Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by ThatPlayer on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @07:54PM (#36412437)

I have the controller itself and as far as I know there's no way to use it wired. It doesn't even have a port, batteries are replaceable double As.

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Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by zerocrates on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @08:14PM (#36412604)

I think by "the article" they mean the one linked at the top of this subthread, which is about the Navy and shows a sailor using a wired Xbox 360 controller.

The one used on the missing submersible does use Bluetooth.

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Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by kiririn on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @08:43PM (#36412852)

If there’s one place I’d bet my life on Bluetooth it’s at the bottom of the ocean with absolutely no other signals of any kind

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Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by oynqr on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @05:09AM (#36416202)

Except the smartphones everyone brought along.

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Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by expertentipp on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @09:25AM (#36418146)

I wonder what ads are displayed 3000m under the sea surface?

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Re:Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepa... by expertentipp on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @09:23AM (#36418130)

The moment the crew enters onboard and their mobiles have bluetooth enabled, a race of pairing sounds ensues.

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