an accelerometer a strain gage a piezo electric sensor micro electro mechanical systems u201c mems u201d technologies or combinations of the like the motion may include for example a velocity value an acceleration value an angular velocity value a mechanical vibration shock value etc although the sensor 220 may be of any size the sensor 220 is preferably small enough so that any added weight and space occupied on the mcp 110 are negligible because the mcp 110 usually operates on batteries e g its own battery or a battery utilized by the system 100 the sensor 220 should also have a low power consumption as described above the sensor 220 will detect motion for the mcp without an external input from the motion based system 100 according to one embodiment of the present invention the sensor 220 detects motion of the mcp 110 and generates first data the first data is provided to the processor 210 which compares the first data to predetermined second data which includes a threshold value for example the second data may be a prerecorded acceleration of the mcp 110 by 0 5 m s 2 the detection of which may indicate the occurrence of an event i e the system 100 is moving subsequently based on the first data a particular predetermined procedure is selected and executed e g the display 115 and or the mcp 110 is turned off this embodiment will be.