David Pogue went down with the same vessel last year for CBS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29co_Hksk6o
"I couldn't help noticing how many pieces of the sub seemed... improvised."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29co_Hksk6o
"I couldn't help noticing how many pieces of the sub seemed... improvised."
“We run the whole thing from this game controller.” [shows some knockoff controller]
https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wireless-Nano-Receiver-Contr...
and this from a review:
“Pretty good controller, fits in hand comfortably and is compatible with anything I throw at it in a Debian linux environment. The conductive pads are extremely low quality though as I've had to replace them 3 times in the 2 years Ive been using it. For a Logitech product I expect better build quality and reasonably easier to find replacement parts but not true for this product.
Last night I had the left directional button go out on me and without parts on hand I ended up breaking down an old wired controller I had laying around. The IZDTech controller i used for parts is over 5 years old and the conductive pads are still in good shape. With a little modification I was able to get them to sit 'okay' on the buttons. Until i can find the appropriate conductive pads this will have to do.”
They also briefly showed a single button on the wall that it was implied functioned like an elevator button.
There were a lot of ways it looked like things could trivially go wrong, once you got a feel for how it was built.
Can anyone even try to explain this choice? Even a hobbyist would curate the inside with top of the line products and aesthetics - this dude this dude has just jerry rigged some cheap chinese crap - what the actual hell?
It should not have a low-cost consumer-grade controller.
The CEO should not be bragging about the fact that it does, on camera. It demonstrates an incredible lack of experience and/or mental disconnect. All of this would be fine if it were a boat in an amusement park 1 meter pond or something, but it is in the open ocean at depth. It was a matter of time before people died.
Fix it in post
Save/load game
> "We only have one button, it should be like an elevator."
Oof. The thought of being at that depth being at the sole mercy of automated software. Godspeed to those aboard.