- published: 15 Dec 2009
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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.
Actors: Rita Rusic (producer), Vittorio Cecchi Gori (producer), Hal Yamanouchi (actor), Stefania Rocca (actress), Marcello Mazzarella (actor), Samuel Hadida (producer), Silvio Orlando (actor), Claudio Bisio (actor), Ugo Conti (actor), Diego Abatantuono (actor), Antonio Catania (actor), Christopher Lambert (actor), Sergio Rubini (actor), Mario Cecchi Gori (miscellaneous crew), Julie Adams (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Jimi, a successful computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its useless "life", Jimi begins a search for people who can help him both to discover what happened to Lisa and to delete his game before it is released.
Keywords: alternative-reality, blindness, chase, computer, computer-cracker, cyberpunk, cyberspace, false-memory, french-accent, future