The AI workspace for your lab notes

The AI workspace for your lab notes

Lab notebooks are supposed to be the complete record of an experiment. In practice, the protocol is on a printed sheet. The data is in a spreadsheet. The observations are in a notebook that's hard to search. Photos of the setup are in your camera roll. The lecturer's instructions are in a slide deck. The theory explaining what should happen is in a textbook. When you're writing the lab report, reassembling the full picture means opening six sources and hoping you remember which observation went with which data point.

Fabric puts protocols, data, observations, and theory in one searchable library. Every experiment is findable by what happened, what you measured, and what you learned, not by date or notebook page number.

Search experiments by what happened

AI search reads inside every note, photograph, spreadsheet, and document and searches by meaning. "The experiment where we measured enzyme activity at different pH levels" finds the lab notes, the data, and the protocol together. "Every experiment involving titration" finds them across the full semester. "My observation about the unexpected colour change in the organic synthesis practical" finds the specific note.

The search connects across modules and years. A technique from a first-year practical is findable when it's relevant to a third-year project.

Capture everything from the bench

Write observations in notes and docs during the practical. Photograph the apparatus, the results, the whiteboard instructions with the mobile app. The photos are searchable by what they show. Upload data files and spreadsheets. Forward emailed protocols to email-to-note. Record the demonstrator's briefing with AI voice notes and the instructions are transcribed and searchable.

Everything feeds one library. The experiment exists as a complete, searchable record rather than fragments across different tools.

Connect theory to bench work

The AI assistant works from your lab notes and course materials together. Ask it to explain why your results differ from the theoretical prediction, referencing both your data and the lecture slides. Ask it to find the relevant theory for the technique you used. Ask it to compare results across experiments that used similar methods. The theory and the practice are searchable in the same system.

Annotate with observations and context

Annotations let you add notes to protocols, data sheets, and photographs. Mark the step where something went wrong. Note the deviation from the protocol. Flag the unexpected result. Your annotations are searchable, so "every experiment where I noted contamination" or "unexpected results in the biochemistry practicals" finds the relevant records.

Write lab reports alongside your data

Draft lab reports in notes and docs with your experimental data, protocols, observations, and theoretical content searchable alongside. When you need to reference a specific measurement, check the protocol details, or cite the relevant theory, search without leaving the draft. The canvas helps you map experimental design or plan a series of experiments visually.

Organised by experiment, module, and technique

Smart organization tags lab notes by content: experiment type, technique, module, substances involved. Related experiments cluster together. You don't need to maintain a filing system. The library organises itself.

Who uses Fabric for lab notes

Students in biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, pharmacy, and veterinary programmes. PhD students maintaining years of experimental records. Researchers in academic labs. Anyone who needs a searchable, complete record of their bench work.

For the full study workflow, see studying and exam prep. For managing lecture content, see lecture notes.

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FAQs

Can I search experiments by what happened?

Yes. AI search finds experiments by technique, result, observation, or substance across your full library.

Can I photograph lab setups and results?

Yes. Photos taken on the mobile app are searchable by what they show.

Can the AI connect my results to the theory?

Yes. The AI assistant works from your lab data and course materials together.

Can I record the demonstrator's briefing?

Yes. AI voice notes transcribe the briefing into searchable text.

Can I annotate with observations?

Yes. Annotations let you add searchable notes to protocols, data, and photos.

Can I write lab reports alongside my data?

Yes. Draft in notes and docs with everything searchable alongside.

Are lab notes organised automatically?

Yes. Smart organization tags by experiment type, technique, and module.

Is my data private?

Yes. Fabric uses AES-256 encryption and is CASA Tier 2 compliant. Your data is never used to train AI models.