control panel

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Some have buttons resembling the control panel of a spaceship; others have little faces that could be alien.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

Instead of a conventional treadmill’s control panel, there’s a grapefruit-size glowing blue button at snout height that the animals can press to run the machine for a few seconds.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2023

One leans over and presses a button on the ship’s control panel, apparently to comply with the Russian’s order by cutting the ship’s engines.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023

They managed to use social engineering tricks - more akin to conmen than high-level cyber-criminals - to get access to the powerful internal control panel at the site.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2023

I pressed a button on Leopardon’s control panel, and my giant robot drew its gleaming sword.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline