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Shipped 25 May 2026 · Organisation

A catalogue Bird can actually use

The Equipment Register gives your lab instruments a home in Bower. Add a centrifuge, a PCR machine, a spectrophotometer — Bird learns what you have, where it is, and what it is. Then it can help you with it. Ask Bird 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 catalogued, 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; Bird reads it and auto-fills make, model, and serial.
  • Search online — type the name and Bird looks it up, returning results you can tap to fill the form.
  • Enter manually — for custom-built kit or anything Bird can’t identify.

Especially useful hands-free

If you use Bird 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 — Bird 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.