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
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.
- 14
- tool guides
- 5
- workflow areas
- 1
- shared source of truth
Guide directory
Choose a workflow
Each guide includes a verified quick start, controls and outputs, privacy boundaries, limitations, and troubleshooting steps.
Data capture
1 guideField planning
4 guidesField 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
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
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
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
Imaging & vision
4 guidesImaging & 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
Imaging & vision
Root Image Preprocessor
Prepare root scans with polygon regions, background cleanup, high-pass enhancement and precise manual corrections.
- Canvas workflow
- ROI editing
- PNG export
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
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
AI & research
3 guidesAI & 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
AI & research
AI Journal Selector
Compare a manuscript abstract with configurable journal criteria using the AI provider and API key you choose.
- BYOK AI
- Custom criteria
- CSV export
AI & research
Multimodal AI Solver
Ask with text, camera or screen capture and send the prompt to the visual AI model and API provider you configure.
- BYOK AI
- Camera / screen
- Preset prompts
Utilities
2 guidesUtilities
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
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
Keep the context
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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