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Shipped 25 May 2026 · Organization

A catalog Bower can actually use

The Equipment Register gives your lab instruments a home in Bower. Add a centrifuge, a PCR machine, a spectrophotometer — Bower learns what you have, where it is, and what it is. Then it can help you with it. Ask Bower about an instrument in a normal conversation and it will troubleshoot problems, walk you through procedures, or explain error codes — using the make, model, and serial you cataloged, alongside any related protocols and notes in your workspace.

Three ways to add an instrument

Adding equipment takes about thirty seconds. You can:
  • Scan a photo — take or upload a photo of the nameplate or serial tag; Bower reads it and auto-fills make, model, and serial.
  • Search online — type the name and Bower looks it up, returning results you can tap to fill the form.
  • Enter manually — for custom-built kit or anything Bower can’t identify.

Especially useful hands-free

If you use Bower in Live Mode with Ray-Ban Meta or Viture glasses, the Equipment Register makes hands-free troubleshooting much more practical. Describe the error on a display, point at the instrument, ask what’s wrong — Bower knows the instrument and can walk you through it while your hands stay on the bench. See the Equipment Register guide for setup and examples.