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[โ€“] Raiderkev 16 points 8 months 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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

And with batteries and wired it has power redundancy