title: It's all about the constraints.
abstract: Our ever-growing knowledge about the human brain and human behavior is opening doors to increasingly impressive technological achievements. This neurobiological inspiration has a significant history and involves almost equal parts neuroscience, computation and art. With a focus on the sense of vision, this essay presents a selective and highly condensed snapshot of the history of how neurobiology has inspired technological developments, pointing the way to where new inspirations may lead.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, York University, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: tsotsos@cse.yorku.ca.
authors.forename: John K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Tsotsos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009446:Neurobiology / Q000266:history*; D014796:Visual Perception