Autonomous underwater gliders (AUGs) are an established platform for conducting direct microstructure measurements of turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) dissipation rate (ε). This technique requires measuring the velocity shear (δu/δz) at a high rate (~512 Hz) which generates raw data orders of magnitude greater in size than autonomous platforms can wirelessly transfer to shore while deployed. Consequently, microstructure shear data has only been processed into turbulent dissipation rate estimates after vehicle recovery, which carried a risk of total dataset loss should the vehicle not be recoverable, and could not be used for adaptive sampling efforts during deployment. We solve this problem by equipping Slocum G2 gliders with a low-power embedded computer to conduct in-situ data processing and near real-time telemetry of TKE dissipation rate. We demonstrate the technical readiness of this novel system based on data collected by two vehicles during approximately three months of sea trials southwest of Iceland and northwest of Guam, which were conducted for the Office of Naval Research's NISKINE (Near Inertial Shear and Kinetic Energy in the North Atlantic Experiment) and ARCTERX (Island Arc Turbulent Eddy Regional Exchange) Departmental Research Initiatives (DRIs).