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      Dr. James E. West: Electret Microphone Inventor


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      Ninety percent of microphones used today are based on the ingenuity of Dr. James E. West, an African-American inventor who developed the mic in the 1960s.

      James Edward Maceo West - Wikipedia


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      James Edward Maceo West is an African American inventor and acoustician. He holds over ... Along with Gerhard Sessler, West invented the foil electret microphone in 1962 while developing instruments for human hearing research. .... Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW) biographical entry for James E. West ...
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      Dr. James West — Inventor of the Electret Microphone | Kareem Abdul ...


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      Feb 12, 2008 - So, I'd like to give some acknowledgment to Dr. James E. West, whom I ... the electret microphone used in almost 90% of all microphones built ...

      James E. West | The National Inventors Hall of Fame


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      In 1962, James West and Gerhard Sessler patented the electret microphone while working at Bell Laboratories. The microphone became widely used because ...

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      James E. West | Electrical and Computer Engineering


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      James E. West ... and Mechanical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University, is known worldwide as the co-inventor of the foil electret microphone. This is a ...

      James Edward West - Cpnas


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      James E. West, a research professor at Johns Hopkins University's Whiting School ... developed the foil-electret transducer (also called the electret microphone), ...

      At 87, this Baltimore inventor has 250 patents to his name — and he's ...


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      Inventor James E. West has more than 250 patents to his name ... M. Sessler, created and patented the foil ...

      James Edward Maceo West – Electret Microphone Inventor – African ...


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      James Edward Maceo West (1931- ) • BlackPast


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      James Edward Maceo West
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      James Edward Maceo West is an African American inventor and acoustician. He holds over 250 foreign and U.S. patents for the production and design of microphones and techniques for creating polymer foil electrets. Wikipedia
      Born: February 10, 1931 (age 88 years), Farmville, Virginia, United States
      Nationality: American
      Education: Temple University
      Awards: National Medal of Technology and Innovation, Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering
      Notable awards: ASA Gold Medal (2006), National Medal of Technology and Innovation
      Fields: Physics, Electrical engineering
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