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James West- Inventor. Born 1931 in Virginia

By CynthiaDavis

  • Childhood Interest

    Childhood Interest
    At age 12, he was interested in electricity by taking apart radios

  • Education

    Education
    James West went to college at Temple university

  • First Job

    First Job
    Hired as an acoustical scientist by Bell after graduating with Physics degree.

  • Electret Microphone

    Electret Microphone
    With Gerhard Sessler invented an inexpensive, compact microphone

  • Electret transducers

    Electret transducers
    They improved the microphone with the electret transducers

  • Microphone

    Microphone
    Mass production began for microphone.

  • Death

    Death
    West died .

  • Current Uses

    Current Uses
    Over 90% of microphones today in telephones, tape recorders, baby monitors, and hearing aids uses West's technology