Useful apps and software packages
Offset Kozachenko-Leonenko estimators
Efficient estimation of Shannon's differential entropy and continuous mutual information for image colors. Check out the tutorial here.
Download the R, Python, and MatLab packages in the github repository
visionApp
The goal of VisionApp Solutions is to develop apps and solutions for personal, mobile devices that take care of your eyes. For more information, check out their website myopia.app.
IRIS: Indiana Retinal Image Simulator
IRIS is an evolution of Thibos' FOC (Fourier Optics Calculator) with a intuitive, easy-to-use graphical user interface. For more information visit the IRIS website at Indiana University
modelfree
Model-free estimation of a psychometric function
Go to the CRAN repository
(download the MatLab package here)
Software for vision science
Adding a list of resources for visual sciences here would be absurd, having Hans Strasburger's exhaustive list of software for visual psychophysics
For when you need a distraction
Mackenzie Crook's detectorists: If you are looking for a real treasure. "This is a metal detector, we are detectorists". "Well, no, the holy grail is the holy grail of treasure hunting".
Veritasium Youtube channel: science made fun
John Oliver's piece on Scientific Studies: what if Archer was a scientist?