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Provides an analysis of the chosen technology's influence on society, considering all of the following components:, political and economic, and impacts.

Emerging Technology: Wireless Electricity

Opted Topic: Wireless Electricity. The phrase "Wireless Electricity" signifies the transmission of electricity to any electric load from any power source, devoid of utilizing the human-made conductors such as electric cables and wires. (Ponsford, 2014)

Thesis: The "Wireless Electricity" is considered as the most advantageous in opposition to the wired electricity, through the electric engineers and researchers. What are the concerns (historical, cultural, ethical, economic, environmental, political, and social) that have caused to not implement the wireless electricity up to now? This paper will discuss the wireless electricity that will help to give power to the electric bulbs.

Historical concern with "Wireless Electricity"
From the start of twentieth century, the "Nikola Tesla" has brought the idea of "Wireless Electricity". Nikola commence the concept of "electrostatic Induction" that engages making use of Tesla coil such as gadgets to construct discontinuous and exceptionally great probable dissimilarities among 2 fragments of metal. Nikola got the monetary help from one industrialists named "George Westinghouse" to fulfill the dream of implementing wireless electricity. Westinghouse was the discoverer of railroad air brake. Westinghouse purchase entire patents of Tesla on polyphase AC system. Westinghouse signed an agreement with Tesla to pay a million dollars of cash to Tesla as well as royalties of dollar 2.50 for every horsepower constructed through the system. George Westinghouse and Tesla faced number of difficulties in carrying out the dream of wireless electricity such as battle of DC/AC. Additionally, Westinghouse suffer from monetary shortages one time, although the Tesla do not leave Westinghouse in this circumstance. (Manning, n.d.)

Nikola make the wireless electricity with the thought that this electricity would be worthwhile in the rooms where electric lights could move him at any place with no necessity of any cord or cable. Moreover, the most efficient wireless electricity technology that have been established is named as "Resonant Inductive Coupling". The inspiration behind research of "Wireless transmission of power or electricity" was the limitations of cables and wires for transmitting power, efficacy of electricity transfer, as well as effortless access to electricity at any place. The wireless electricity was supposed to have the unconstructive impacts on environment and humans. Therefore, researchers have carried out large experiments to search more effective and safe transfer of electric power.

Tesla was not having the dream of just transferring the electric signals wirelessly, although he was having the dream to transfer the electric power wirelessly together with electric signals since the wireless transmission of electric power can help to provide electricity to number of electric gadgets such as electric bulbs. Moreover, the difficulty for this was the less distance covered through the wireless electricity. Recently, scientists have thought about sending the convenient amount of wireless electricity through utilizing the "electromagnetic induction" phenomenon. This phenomenon was commenced by Michael Faraday in the nineteenth century. Moreover, the dream to send the wireless electricity at long distances have still not attained. (Schneider, 2010)

Ethical, Moral, Social and Cultural Concern with the "Wireless Electricity"
The major ethical and moral concern with the "Wireless Electricity" is the environmental and health effects. There are unknown and undefined impacts of exposure of wireless electricity to the produced magnetic field, and the created e-waste through the construction of wireless power technology and the replacement of preceding battery powered and wired technology set-up. These aspects can have impact on the environment and human health. (Schneider, 2010)

The major social and cultural concern with the "wireless Electricity" is that whether the electricity is safe or not. The people of dissimilar cultures in societies have a thinking that whether the wireless electricity will kill the people or not. The wireless electricity is not being utilized for the reason of social and cultural concerns of safety. Moreover, researchers and electric engineers are working on the implementation of safe wireless electricity. (Schiffman, 2013) (COLLINS, 2014)

Economic and Political Concern with the "Wireless Electricity"
Wireless electricity could lessen plea for electricity cables whereas it makes the electric gadgets extra durable, remove the necessity of throwaway batteries, facilitate wireless electricity in houses such as power to bulbs, etc. These aspects will have the positive impacts on the nations that will use wireless electricity. Number of researches have been carried out by number of institutions to anticipate the costs of wireless electricity. In the preceding year, one research from IMS anticipated that wireless electricity will cost dollar 4.5 billion in year 2016. In the preceding few weeks, the Pike Research have anticipated that wireless electricity products will become triple in the upcoming 8 years to around dollar fifteen billion market. (Ferris, 2012)

There may be number of political implications of the wireless electricity. At the universal extent, the developed nations may try to sell the wireless electricity to the developing nations since developing nations are facing the difficulty of not having electricity in their entire places such as shortage of electricity in villages. Developing nations have more necessity of the electricity that will arrive at the entire cities and villages. Wireless electricity can help the developing nations a lot. Therefore, developed nations can sell the wireless electricity to developing nations, from the viewpoint of monetary benefits.

Conclusion
This document describes the struggle and attainments of Tesla and Westinghouse to fulfill their dream to carry out wireless electricity at large scales. The wireless electricity can make the life of human beings extreme simpler since people will not require the wires and plug-in to charge their electric gadgets. Moreover, wireless electricity may have the unconstructive impacts on health, environment, societies, and cultures.

References
COLLINS, H. (2014, May 01). How Will Wireless Electricity Affect the Public and Private Sectors? Retrieved from www.govtech.com: https://www.govtech.com/products/How-Will-Wireless-Electricity-Affect-the-Public-and-Private-Sectors.html

Ferris, D. (2012, July 24). How Wireless Charging Will Make Life Simpler (And Greener). Retrieved from www.forbes.com: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidferris/2012/07/24/how-wireless-charging-will-make-life-simpler-and-greener/#2196c103bbe5

Manning, J. (n.d.). Tesla's Controversial Life and Death. Retrieved from www.bibliotecapleyades.net: https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/ciencia/supressed_inventions/suppressed_inventions36.htm

Ponsford, N. G. (2014, March 28). Wireless electricity? It's here. Retrieved from edition.cnn.com: https://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/14/tech/innovation/wireless-electricity/

Schiffman, L. (2013, Septeber 26). FYI: CAN WIRELESS ELECTRICITY KILL PEOPLE? Retrieved from www.popsci.com: https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-09/fyi-can-wireless-electricity-kill-people

Schneider, D. (2010, April 30). A Critical Look at Wireless Power. Retrieved from spectrum.ieee.org: https://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/mass-transit/a-critical-look-at-wireless-power