Abstract: A device has a processor, a memory system coupled to the processor, an on-board, rechargeable power supply, one or more data-capture mechanisms, circuitry enabling wireless data transmission on a network, rules and criteria stored in the memory system regarding characteristics of data, and coded instructions executing on the processor from a non-transitory physical medium, providing a process wherein data captured by the one or more data-capture mechanisms is examined applying the rules and criteria regarding characteristics of data, and data is transmitted via the network by specific processes selected depending on the characteristics, the specific data transmission processes enabled to minimize power consumption in transmission.