February is Black History Month, providing a chance to reflect on the figures from the past who have shaped the present. In our coverage at Technical.ly, it’s clear that the Baltimore region has leaders walking among us now who are shaping the future across tech, education and business.
Here’s a look at five Black innovators making history today:
A prolific inventor who holds more than 250 patents, West was the co-inventor of the foil electret microphone. It’s a type of condenser microphone upon which 90 percent of all microphones used today. Now 90 years old, as the JHU Hub reported earlier this month, he is still an active inventor and teacher at John Hopkins’ Whiting School of Engineering. His lab was the source of technology behind Baltimore startups like digital stethoscope company Sonavi Labs and nanofiber manufacturer DiPole Materials.
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