Computers; computer hardware and computer peripherals; electrical controlling devices; electrical circuit boards; electronic circuits; electronic components for computers; electronic control systems for machines; electronic controls for motors; integrated circuit cards and components; integrated circuit modules; microcontrollers; microcomputers; software programmable microprocessors; sensor cards and sensors for sensing data representing physical properties including angle, slope, location, length, displacement, thickness, layer thickness, roughness, strain, stress, force, weight, balance, mass, torque, rotations per minute, revolution, pulse, quantity, velocity, motion, acceleration, vibration, flyweight, sound, loudness, Torsional oscillation, pressure, differential pressure, flow, mass, flow, level, density, viscosity, temperature, heat quantity, heat consumption, calorimeter, heat radiation, infrared detector, humidity, wind velocity, wind direction, barometric pressure, turbidity, absorption, reflection, fluorescence, brightness, light intensity, radiation, color, spectra, image, light barriers, light curtains, ph value, gas analysis, particle dust, infrared radiation, x-ray, time, pattern recognition, presence, identity, air flow, air pressure, current/ampere, voltage, electric power, biological data, breath, light, toxicity, level of water/fluid, fire, smoke, gas, carbon dioxide, ethanol, Hall effect, glass cut, glass break, fingerprints, eye irises, speech, wattage, watt power, alcohol percentage, cameras, pulse, blood pressure, counters, heart beat, pulse, frequency, resolution, direction, GPS, position, height, barcode, hand writing, characters, fat, touch, defects, hygrometers, metal, microphone, rain, rotary encoder, seismometer, magnetism, oscillation, vibration, energy consumption, human detection ("sensed data"); remote control telemetering machines and apparatus; computer controlled sensors for processing sensed data; computer controlled sensors with radio interfaces for communicating with other devices and for transmitting sensed data via radio communication; computer controlled sensors for controlling devices based on the sensed data; computer controlled sensors with network interfaces for connecting to computer networks or to other sensors