U.S. Navy swapping $38,000 periscope joysticks for $30 Xbox controllers on high-tech submarines

OK, so my 10-year-old  kid could board an advanced U.S. Navy submarine and operate the  periscope? That seems to be the pretty cool assumption based on the fact  that sailors are now using Xbox 360 controllers to perform functions  aboard some vessels.  The Virginian-Pilot newspaper reported that the Microsoft game-console  controllers have replaced the helicopter-style stick used to control the  periscope on Virginia-class submarines.  The periscope itself is not the rotating tube most people think of  thanks to Hollywood movies. Nowadays, the Pilot reported, subs are  equipped with two photonics masts that rotate 360 degrees.  High-resolution cameras send back images that are displayed on large  monitors that everyone in the control room can see.

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