A method and system is provided to perform a process for forecasting the characteristics of a target item based on historical characteristic data. In the preferred embodiment, a main housing of the device is secured to an article by way of a cable having two ends, whereby each end is inserted into the housing to form a loop around the article. The dual plug includes a set of first pins and a set of second pins, wherein the first pins are fixedly oriented at substantially a 90\xb0 angle to the second pins. The stratified body has a first surface and a second surface that are positioned in a non-parallel relationship with respect to one another. The seam may be shaped based on an intersection of the first cylinder and the second cylinder when the first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis are noncoplanar, are perpendicular in orthogonal projection, and have a nearest distance that is less than a sum of the first radius and the second radius.