The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)TM 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 year’s class represents leaders who laid the cornerstones for many of today’s 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
Renowned GPS Developers: Norm Hunt, Ed Tuck, Don Rea – Magellan
Distinguished Digital HDTV Grand Alliance Leaders
Dr. Peter Bingham, Phillips Labs President;
Jim Carnes, Sarnoff Labs CEO;
Dr. Curt Crawford, AT&T Microelectronics President;
Dr. Jae Lim, MIT Professor;
Jerry Pearlman, Zenith Electronics CEO; and
Donald Rumsfeld, General Instrument CEO.
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: PR
Yamauchi deserves every praise. Good old times.
Yamauchi deserves a monument build for him. He was a god..
The last great emperor of what was a great empire. I don’t deny this..
Iwata betrayed you all to the “casuals” for a few pieces of silver.. And for this , he will forever be known as “The Judist of the gaming industry”…
You are a disgrace to the video game community, Church of Satan.
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Right, Iwata only brought us:
Kirby
Pokemon Gold and Silver
SSB Melee
Mother Series
Multiple great consoles
Smash Bros series (Including the almost cancelled Melee)
Balloon Fight
And tons of other things.
Your trolling failed.
Didn’t mean to put Smash twice…..actually, you know what? I did. He brought us an awesome series, and saved an awesome game
oh! And he’s the reason Fire Emblem is here. If Melee hadn’t come out, no Roy and Marth, and Fire Emblem would have been Japan only.
At least the OG Nintendoo President is getting the respect he deserves. He helped turn the company into what it is now (a video game company) instead of having them make toys and minor stuff for a while.
*Nintendo
Damn phone
Nintendo went downhill after he departed from the company.
*Rolls eyes.*
I want to agree with him but then I WOULD BE trying to use every opportunity to shit on Nintendo like that Peridot Gem guy assumes I’m trying to do. lol After all, I’m sure Iwata was in charge during the Gamecube & that was a great gen for Nintendo.
Peridot gem is a retarded kid who is ass kissing nintendo and think they can do no wrong and that the ps4 or xbone is not better then the wii u because of reasons and not facts to back up what he is saying and not going into detail where or what the wii u does better then the ps4 or xbone he should get the fuck outta here with that shit and learn to live in reality not in his delusional drone world
Tis was an awesome gen. It’s also thanks to him that we got the Wii, GBA, DS, the 3DS, and (even if not as widely loved) the wiiu. I even listed above some of the major things he did for us as well.
Only the DS & 3DS were his crowning moments. Wii & Wii U are his worst moments. Like Call of Duty, Wii was nothing more than a very successful fad. And Wii U suffered because they wanted to stick with SD quality for Wii, making them completely unprepared for HD this gen, because they foolishly thought HD would not take off last gen.
<.< Uhm. Why wasn't he in there sooner?
Valid point.
Beautiful
I’m surprised Yamauchi wasn’t already in the Hall Of Fame.
Same. It’s the WWE Hall of Fame all over again. lol
Can’t say I liked the guy much, but credit where credit is due.
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Yamauchi was 100% business. He never cared about the product itself.
-||Doesn’t matter, he took Lord Miyamoto in to balance that power and the result was the highest point in our Empire’s reign||-
That much is true. Nevertheless, my comment was directed at his attitude as a person, not as a businessman.
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-||I want his essence back to rise again over the rest like we did before in the time before time||-
Except Hiroshi Yamauchi isn’t Nintendo’s creator. That right goes to Fusajiro Yamauchi, his.. grandfather?
-||Gaming Creator he is, the previous ones were the Titans of Creation||-
Great save!