https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bvjjqq/why-did-the-missing-titanic-sub-use-a-dollar40-video-game-controller

A tiny submarine constructed controlled with a gamepad has gone missing after it set off to visit the wreck of the Titanic. People online are obsessed with the Titan, a tiny submersible that vanished off the coast of Newfoundland with five people aboard, including billionaire Hamish Harding.

Reporting since the sub went missing has shown a series of reasons to suggest that the mission—inside a cramped pipe with few amenities—shouldn't have happened. Many are focusing specifically on the fact that the sub is being piloted with a slightly modified Logitech G F710 Wireless Gamepad (MSRP $39.99).