Showing posts with label James E West. Show all posts
Showing posts with label James E West. Show all posts

10 February 2012

Black History-A Tech game changer

James E West
Without James E West rappers wouldn't be able to rock the mic. West, along with Gerhard M. Sessler, helped develop the electroacoustic transducer electret microphone, for which they received a patent in 1962. Their invention was acoustically accurate, lightweight and cost-effective. Ninety percent of microphones in use today -- including those in telephones, tape recorders and camcorders -- are based on their original concept.