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  2. Dead man's switch - Wikipedia

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    Interest in dead man's controls increased with the introduction of electric trams (streetcars in North America) and especially electrified rapid transit trains. The first widespread use came with the introduction of the mass-produced Birney One-Man Safety (tram) Car, though dead-man equipment was fairly rare on US streetcars until the successful PCC streetcar, which had a left-foot-operated ...

  3. Game controller - Wikipedia

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    A dual-joystick controller for the original PlayStation An arcade style controller for the Sega Dreamcast. A joystick is a peripheral that consists of a handheld stick that can be tilted around either of two axes and (sometimes) twisted around a third. The joystick is often used for flight simulators.

  4. Radio control - Wikipedia

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    Instead of a "turn left" signal that is applied until the aircraft is flying in the right direction, the system sends a single instruction that says "fly to this point". Some of the most outstanding examples of remote radio control of a vehicle are the Mars Exploration Rovers such as Sojourner .

  5. Joystick - Wikipedia

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    Possible elements of a video game joystick: 1. stick, 2. base, 3. trigger, 4. extra buttons, 5. autofire switch, 6. throttle, 7. hat switch (POV hat), 8. suction cups. A joystick, sometimes called a flight stick, 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.

  6. Rolling code - Wikipedia

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    Simple remote control systems use a fixed code word; the code word that opens the gate today will also open the gate tomorrow. An attacker with an appropriate receiver could discover the code word and use it to gain access sometime later. More sophisticated remote control systems use a rolling code (or hopping code) that changes for every use.

  7. Namco Arcade Stick - Wikipedia

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    Namco PlayStation games such as Tekken, Soul Edge and Namco Museum Encore are labelled as compatible with the peripheral. [3] It is also compatible with the PlayStation 3 upon use of a PS2 to PC USB adapter. Functionality was expanded on the PlayStation 3 upon the 2.0 firmware update.

  8. PlayStation 3 accessories - Wikipedia

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    The Blu-ray Disc Remote Control (CECHZR1) is a Bluetooth remote control which features standard Blu-ray Disc and DVD remote functions such as chapter display/select and one-touch menu control. In addition it has all standard PlayStation buttons: d-pad , , , , , L1, L2, L3, R1, R2, R3, Start, Select and a PS/Home button for turning on and off ...

  9. Atari joystick port - Wikipedia

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    Driving games of the 1980s were generally top-down and used a unique controller that would cause the car to turn at a fixed rate to one side or the other or go in a straight line (Atari's Night Driver is a notable exception). These games were controlled not by a wheel that pointed left or right like in a real car, but a wheel that sent left or ...