A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks, also known as 'control columns', are the principal control in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or side-stick. They often have supplementary switches on them to control other aspects of the aircraft's flight.

Joysticks are often used to control video games, and usually have one or more push-buttons whose state can also be read by the computer. A popular variation of the joystick used on modern video game consoles is the analog stick. Joysticks are also used for controlling machines such as cranes, trucks, underwater unmanned vehicles, wheelchairs, surveillance cameras and zero turning radius lawn mowers. Miniature finger-operated joysticks have been adopted as input devices for smaller electronic equipment such as mobile phones.

Joysticks originated as controls for aircraft ailerons and elevators, and is first known to have been used as such on Louis Bleriot's Bleriot VIII aircraft of 1908, in combination with a foot-operated rudder bar for the yaw control surface on the tail.

Simon Curtis (born March 18, 1986) is an American actor and singer-songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma. He gained fame for playing Royce Du Lac in the film Spectacular! (2009).

Simon Curtis released his debut extended play Alter Boy [EP] in 2008 and his debut full-length studio album, 8Bit Heart on March 23, 2010, on his independent record label BoyRobot Records for free via download on his official site. On June 7, 2011, he released his second album RA (stylized as R∆, initials for "Robot Army"—a nickname for his fanbase) on his label through the iTunes Store.RA debuted at number 20 on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Albums chart.^{[not in citation given]}

Simon Curtis was born in the state of Michigan, United States, and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At the age of ten, he was diagnosed with leukemia. Curtis earned a coveted role in the national tour production of the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Curtis won Popstar Magazine and Johnny Wright’s “Get Famous” contest, was named a national top ten finalist in the “Britney Spears Samsung Superstar Tour”, was commissioned by Disney to provide a theme song for an annual Disneyland event, was named an official Oklahoma Ambassador of Music, and won the University of Tulsa Award for Outstanding Achievement in Performance.