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App Lab documentation

A practical guide for every App Lab workflow.

Learn what each tool really does, what data leaves your browser, and where scientific or engineering validation is still required. The names and descriptions below come from the same manifest as App Lab.

15
tool guides
5
workflow areas
1
shared source of truth

Choose a workflow​

Each guide includes a verified quick start, controls and outputs, privacy boundaries, limitations, and troubleshooting steps.

Data capture​

1 guide
Data capture

Device Sensor Recorder

Capture phone orientation, leaf inclination, location and solar geometry as timestamped field records, then export a research-ready CSV.

  • Device sensors
  • CSV export
  • Local workflow
Local browser workflow

Field planning​

4 guides
Field planning

Land Surveyor

Build a field boundary from manual coordinates or device location and estimate area in square metres, hectares and mu.

  • Geolocation
  • Area estimate
  • SVG preview
Local browser workflow
Field planning

Irrigation Layout Designer

Check a drip-irrigation block: lateral, submain and mainline losses, pressure at the farthest subunit and emitter flow variation, with a validated model.

  • Hydraulics
  • Scaled SVG
  • Local calculation
Local browser calculation
Field planning

NASA POWER Weather Downloader

Select a location and date range, retrieve NASA POWER agrometeorological data and preview or download clean CSV results.

  • NASA POWER
  • Map selection
  • CSV export
NASA POWER connection
Field planning

CCO Waylines Builder

Turn KML field boundaries into previewable DJI-compatible CCO wayline packages with configurable flight and camera settings.

  • KML / KMZ
  • Route preview
  • DJI waylines
Local route generation

Imaging & vision​

4 guides
Imaging & vision

Biological Sample Quantifier

Open the hosted analysis workspace to quantify biological samples from uploaded or captured images and export measurements.

  • Hosted runtime
  • Camera input
  • Measurements
Hosted analysis runtime
Imaging & vision

Root Image Preprocessor

RootQuantify in the browser: trace the root region, remove the background by morphological closing, threshold at full resolution and correct by hand.

  • Matches RootQuantify
  • Full resolution
  • PNG export
Local image processing
Imaging & vision

Stereo Vision Workspace

Rectify a calibrated side-by-side stereo stream, compute metric depth by block matching and export depth in millimetres.

  • Camera input
  • Stereo pair
  • Metric depth
Local camera processing
Imaging & vision

Calibration Targets Generator

Generate printable checkerboards and segmented circular markers at exact millimetre sizes, with fit checks and PDF export.

  • Live preview
  • Print scale
  • PDF export
Local target generation

AI & research​

4 guides
AI & research

AI Data Visualizer

Load a table and chart it from the full data; an optional AI provider suggests the chart, and group comparisons run ANOVA and Tukey tests locally.

  • Local chart data
  • BYOK AI
  • CSV / XLSX / JSON
Local charts · optional external AI
AI & research

AI Journal Selector

Find journals that publish work like yours and check the journals you have in mind, from similar published articles and OpenAlex and DOAJ data; an AI model you choose can add a written submission strategy.

  • Evidence-based
  • Target check
  • CSV export
OpenAlex and DOAJ; AI optional
AI & research

Data Integrity Screen

Screen CSV, TXT or Excel research data for duplicated or near-identical records, pasted runs of values, uneven final digits, equal increments and impossible means, and export a report a reviewer can check cell by cell.

  • Runs locally
  • Cell-level report
  • CSV / TXT / Excel
Local statistics · optional AI summary
AI & research

Multimodal AI Solver

Answer lab safety exam questions and other problems from a screen capture, photo or text: a clear answer with its reason, a second independent answer as a check, and a self-test of your model.

  • Lab safety exam
  • Answer check
  • Camera / screen
Uses your selected AI provider

Utilities​

2 guides
Utilities

Encrypted Note

Encrypt a text note in the browser, share it through a URL fragment or keep a password-protected copy in local storage.

  • Web Crypto
  • Local storage
  • Text only
Local encryption and storage
Utilities

Research Maze

A compact canvas experiment in procedural maze generation, keyboard and touch input, movement trails and local scores.

  • Canvas
  • Keyboard + touch
  • Local scores
Local canvas experiment

Use the guide and the tool side by side.

App Lab tools are browser-first research utilities, not substitutes for calibrated instruments, official databases, or professional engineering review. Every guide calls out those boundaries explicitly.

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