Memo+4+Wishlist

Topics to Study Wishlist:
 * Women and gender, particularly in STEM fields.
 * Obviously I have a general interest in this topic, as a woman in STEM, as it covers things I have or will personally encounter. In addition to that, through conversations with friends, I have found that my opinion on issues in this area is not as clear as I'd previously thought. There are many problems that fall under this field that require solutions.
 * Legal, Patents, and Technology
 * 3D Printing
 * As 3D printers become much more of a home device, there will be an effect on the structure of our economy. If you are selling the rights to print your product, the protection of your digital patent or IP becomes even more important. Being able to effectively limit the number of printings once someone is allowed to print your product would be the closest to keeping our current structure, but it is not the only possibility.
 * Open source/Maker spaces
 * Similar to the 3D printing, these are more almost case studies of other structures which might occur to adjust to technologies.
 * Laws keeping up with technology
 * Currently if your iPhone is stolen, even if you can remotely track and locate exactly where it is, the police cannot go retrieve it. With new methods of birth, you may be the 'birth mother', which may be the legal requirement, without being the biological mother of a child. Other countries are reverse engineering products which they then produce and sell. Technology moves fast, it crosses state and country borders fast, and the legal system cannot keep up.
 * Mental illness, society, and technology
 * Depression culture and the internet
 * Some sites monitor their message boards for suicidal comments, in some cases they even manage to find the person and send the police to their residence. Some sites have been criticized for glamorizing depression, some provide communities to help support and inform those with mental illnesses, and some provide instructions for suicide and self harm. The culture of mental illnesses on the internet is mixed, where in real life mental illness is surrounded by stigma.
 * Product Design
 * This is just a general area of interest. Design can have a huge impact on society, in subtle general ways, or in clear ways from specific products.