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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday September 20 2017, @09:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the go-with-what-you-know dept.

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Each one of the US Navy's Virginia-class submarines costs about $2.6 billion. So, it should come as no surprise that it contains a lot of custom, high-end electronics and military hardware. The Navy is looking to save a little money on future submarines, and make them a bit easier to operate, by ditching some of that fancy custom technology in favor of a game console controller. According to Lockheed-Martin, the US government is in the process of outfitting Virginia-class submarines with Xbox 360 controllers to control the periscope.

[...] The idea to switch to gaming peripherals comes from Lockheed-Martin's classified research lab in Manassas, Virginia, which is lovingly referred to as "Area 51." Engineers and officers work together at this facility to find new uses for commercial hardware in the military. That could include hardware like the 360 controllers, Kinect, or a touch-screen tablet, but also consumer software like Google Earth.

[...] The Navy currently has 13 Virginia-class nuclear submarines to outfit with gamepads. Six new subs are already in various stages of production, and as many as 29 more might be built before a new vessel is ready for production in about 20 years.

Source: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/256049-us-navy-use-xbox-360-controllers-submarine-periscopes


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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by c0lo on Wednesday September 20 2017, @10:21PM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday September 20 2017, @10:21PM (#570875) Journal

    I confess myself... disappointed.

    Where's the awesomeness of d¡ck n¡ggers, you technical illiterate troll?
    At the least, you could wait for stories so bland you can have you frost piss 2-3 hours after publishing, that would show some moral motives.

    Fuck off, you poser. You are useless, can't even contribute to the growth of S/N lameness filter.

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  • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by edIII on Wednesday September 20 2017, @11:23PM (1 child)

    by edIII (791) on Wednesday September 20 2017, @11:23PM (#570897)

    Same here. I miss the trials and tribulations of the bathroom coder. At least he maintained some sort of software on git....

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    • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @11:52PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 20 2017, @11:52PM (#570910)

      Dick Bathroom Stall-Man [github.com] doesn't use git.