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Shape Bower around your workflows.

Four weeks putting Bower Lab Glasses to work. Your researchers use them at the bench, while we work alongside your team to learn what works, improve what doesn't, and shape Bower around the way you work.

Length

4 weeks

Weekly feedback session

90 minutes

In person or virtual, with your champion and participating researchers.

Use at the bench

Regular, all 4 weeks

Bower needs to be used during real experiments, not trialed once.

Your champion

1 named lead

One person who owns the program internally and keeps it moving.

A session at the bench

Capture, recall, and assistance without interrupting the work.

Every observation stays attached to the run it came from, so the record is written while the science is happening rather than reconstructed afterwards.

Voice08:41
“Log this. Cells look healthy, no contamination, media color is normal.”
Observation logged to flask A3, passage 12.
Recall08:46
“What was the trypsin incubation on this line last time?”
Three minutes at 37°C, from the run on 22 July.
Image08:52
“Capture this. The monolayer is patchy along the left edge.”
Image attached and flagged as a deviation.
Live09:03
“Get Priya on this. I want a second look before I split.”
Priya joins the live view and confirms.
Record09:30
“Gloves off. Session ends.”
Draft record ready: 6 observations, 2 images, 1 deviation.

Nothing was typed. The researcher never left the bench.

Why we're running this

The best scientific AI should be there when the science is happening.

Some of the most valuable knowledge in research is created at the bench. In the observations researchers make, the decisions they take, and the problems they solve along the way.

Bower Lab Glasses bring AI into those moments, helping researchers capture what matters, access what they know, and get assistance in real time, without interrupting the work.

Hands stay in the work

Capture voice, images, and video without removing gloves or walking to a computer.

Researchers stay in control

Bower assists with the record. Scientific observations, decisions, and judgment remain with the researcher.

Your feedback shapes the product

What doesn't work gets improved. That's why this is a design partnership, not a sales process.

The program

Four weeks. Four themes.

Before we start, we'll understand your workflows, identify two or three areas worth focusing on, configure Bower around them, and agree on how we'll measure impact.

01 · Week 1

Capture

Getting observations, decisions, images, and video into the record as the work happens, without interrupting it.

Hands-free capture during live experiments
Baseline how documentation happens today

02 · Week 2

Assist

Putting protocols, previous runs, and team knowledge to work as assistance at the point of execution.

Protocol recall and troubleshooting at the bench
Bring in a colleague without leaving the work

03 · Week 3

Structure

Turning captured work into structured, searchable knowledge your team and your systems can actually use.

Captured work organized into a connected record
Fits alongside the tools your team already runs

04 · Week 4

Automate

Drafting the documentation that follows the work, with the researcher deciding what stands and what does not.

Records and reports drafted from captured work
Agree where the researcher stays in control

The exchange

What you get, and what we ask for.

You get

Bower Lab Glasses for participating researchers
Individual accounts and a shared workspace
Workflow discovery and configuration
Researcher onboarding and ongoing support
A weekly 90-minute session with our product team
Direct input into the product roadmap
A findings and recommendations report

Commercial terms for the four-week program are agreed with you before it begins.

We ask

A named champion to own the program internally
A small group of participating researchers
Regular use of Bower at the bench throughout the four weeks
Access to understand the agreed workflows
Relevant protocols where appropriate
Use during real research (lab or field)
A 90-minute feedback session each week, in person or virtual
Candid feedback
Where there's meaningful impact, consideration of an approved case study

A case study is optional and nothing is published without your approval.

Before you get in touch

What you should expect to get back.

Over four weeks, we'll put Bower to work in your real workflows and measure where it makes a difference, from time saved and better documentation to faster access to your team's expertise.

Worth your time, if you want

Hours back each week from writing up and admin
A more robust, complete record written as the work happens
Fewer repeat experiments caused by gaps in documentation
Less reliance on your most experienced researchers for troubleshooting
Faster onboarding, with know-how captured rather than passed on informally

Probably not the right time, if

Recording devices aren't permitted
Your work is primarily computational
You can't name a champion or protect 90 minutes a week
Researchers can't use Bower regularly during real experiments
You need a finished, validated product today

Terms, in plain language

You'll receive the full Design Partner Agreement before anything begins.

Cost

Agreed with you in writing before the program begins.

Hardware

Lab Glasses are provided on loan and returned when the program ends.

Your research

Your data, protocols, methods, images, and video remain yours.

Model training

Your research content is not used to train models that serve other customers.

Consent

You decide what people, spaces, and materials can be captured.

Case studies

Nothing is published without written approval.

Ending the program

Either side can stop with seven days' notice.

Export & deletion

Your content can be exported and deleted on request.

Researcher review

Bower-generated drafts are reviewed by a researcher before becoming part of the research record.

Interested in bringing Bower into your lab?

Register your interest in the Bower Design Partner Program. We'll start with a short conversation to understand your research, workflows and where Bower could make the biggest difference.

Goes directly to the Bower product team. We'll be in touch within two working days.