Wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t have to wear your glasses when working on your computer? Better yet, your cell phone? Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed software that can actually adjust the intensity of each pixel in an image to compensate for the visual needs of a specific viewer. “The significance of this project is that, instead of relying on optics to correct your vision, we use computation,” said lead author Fu-Chung Huang. This technology is in the beginning stages, but it’s exciting to think of how these new developments could open doors for the visually impaired. Read more.