While rescuers fear for crew, Logitech F710 PC gamepad sells out within minutes.

  • ringwraithfish
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    31 year ago

    So many thoughts go through my head from the picture and article.

    • Why go with wireless? If you’re insistent on a controller, wouldn’t wired make more sense purely for reliability? I’m not an engineer, but I would easily bet that Logitech didn’t design the controller with that environment in mind. Also, did they pack extra batteries?

    • why fully digital? I don’t see any backup controls in the picture. What happens if the PC or controller fails?

    • is it running off a standard PC? PCs can work but aren’t optimal for real time needs like this. I hope they didn’t just load up some custom software on a Windows PC and call it a day

    • in another article, they said exterior crew bolted them in. This Echoes of Apollo one. Imagine they’re just off course and are able to make it to the surface. What a sad way to die if they were so close to semi-safety but ended up suffocating because they couldn’t open the hatch.

    This is what happens when the Elon Musks of the world are allowed to pretend to be engineers