The National Inventors Hall of Fame has announced the 2016 National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees, a diverse group of living and deceased groundbreaking scientists whose inventions have made a tangible impact on society. The winners will be formally inducted on May 5, 2016 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Portrait Gallery.
More information is available from http://invent.org/inductees/ or from a CBS news story.