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The late Hiroshi Yamauchi, former CEO of Nintendo, to be inducted as Video Game Futurist into the CTA Hall of Fame:
Arlington, VA 04/28/2016 The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)® revealed today the latest class of honorees that will be inducted into its 2016 Consumer Technology (CT) Hall of Fame. The CT Hall of Fame, created in 2000, pays tribute to the leaders who have advanced innovation and developed a foundation for the consumer technologies we enjoy today and others still to come.
The CT Hall of Fame celebrates our rich history of innovation, said CTA President and CEO Gary Shapiro. This years class represents leaders who laid the cornerstones for many of todays hottest products and trends from immersive television delivered where and when we want, to the developer of the wireless Bluetooth standard that we rely on daily to exchange data over short distances. From a satellite-based navigation system to the early days of the smart home and video games, these leaders followed their visions creating, selling, distributing and promoting products that improve consumers lives.
The 2016 class includes inventors with an idea, business executives, a distributor with distinctive strategies to bring accessories to store shelves, a retailer who marketed these products and a journalist that explained how technology works. The class also includes two teams who combined their individual efforts to make a lasting contribution to the industry:
Visionary Retailer: Sidney Cooper Silo
Father of Bluetooth: Dr. Jaap Haartsen Ericsson
Prominent Distribution Pioneer: David B. Lorsch DBL Distributing
Transformational Technologist: Chuck Pagano ESPN
Legendary Journalist: Steve Smith TWICE Magazine
Home Automation Developer: Joel Spira Lutron
Pioneering Accessories Executive: Nat Tiffen The Tiffen Company
Video Game Futurist: Hiroshi Yamauchi Nintendo
The inductees were selected by a group of media and industry professionals, who judged the nominations submitted by manufacturers, retailers and industry journalists. The 2016 honorees will be inducted into the CT Hall of Fame in New York at an awards dinner to be held on Wednesday, November 9, at the Rainbow Room.
Source: http://www.cta.tech/News/News-Relea...-Industry-Leaders-to-the-2016-CT-Hall-of.aspx
Past inductees: http://www.cta.tech/Events-and-Awards/Awards/CE-Hall-of-Fame/Inductees.aspx