Meet James E. West, Who Co-Invented The Electret Microphone In 1964
James Edward Maceo West’s work revolutionized how people around the world hear and transmit sound. In 1962, West, then a Bell Laboratories research scientist, collaborated with his colleague Dr. Gerhard M. Sessler to develop the foil electret microphone. Until then, most microphones, which convert sound into an electrical signal, required a large and expensive battery … Read more