The missing Titanic tour sub is steered with a simple Logitech gamepad
by Richard Lawler from The Verge - All Posts on (#6CAN9)
OceanGate CEO holds the Titan submersible's Logitech controller. | Image: CBS News Sunday Morning On Sunday morning, an OceanGate submarine vessel with five people aboard went missing in the Atlantic about an hour and forty-five minutes into a planned trip to explore the wreckage of the RMS Titanic. Made of carbon fiber and titanium, the vessel has enough air for 96 hours; however, as word of the emergency has spread, there's also shock at the wireless Logitech F710 gamepad used for steering.
The Titan advertises state-of-the-art lighting and sonar navigation systems plus internally and externally mounted 4K video and photographic equipment," and this CBS News Sunday Morning segment from David Pogue, taken last summer, showed the reporter laughing as he was shown its controls. OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush holds up the F710, saying,...