IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine - July 2018 - 3

Notes from the Editor

Following the Advent
of the Internet, the Blockchain
May Revolutionize
Consumer Electronics
By Saraju P. Mohanty

he theme of this issue of IEEE
Consumer Electronics Magazine
is dedicated to the blockchain. A
blockchain is essentially a peerto-peer ledger distributed and shared in
the cloud that keeps a complete record
of all transactions. In 2008, blockchains
showed their impact when they were
first used for the cryptocurrency called
bitcoin. Since then, the blockchain structure has been explored to uncover its
applicable uses in various areas such as
the Internet of Things, smart health
care, smart government, smart property,
and financial services. The unique and
exceptional characteristics of the blockchain include immutability, irreversi bility, decentralization, persistence, and
anonymity, all of which have enticed
researchers to explore more and more
applications for it every day.

SOCIETY NEWS
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS OBTAINED
BY YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
AT ICCE 2018
Details of the Young Professionals
activities that took place during the
2018 IEEE International Conference on
Consumer Electronics (CEs) held in
Las Vegas, Nevada, are reported in
this article.

Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MCE.2018.2816205
Date of publication: 13 June 2018

In 2008, blockchains
showed their impact
when they were first used
for the cryptocurrency
called bitcoin.
FEATURE ARTICLES
EVERYTHING YOU
WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT
THE BLOCKCHAIN
This article presents a detailed overview
of the blockchain, including its working principles, components, advantages/
disadvantages, and applications.

PERSONAL ACTIVE CHOREOGRAPHER
A game-based teaching concept is used
to design a personal active choreographer
system for hand-waving dance learning.

ON THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL
CONTEXT IN VIRTUAL REALITY
The influence of social context on the
user-perception of the virtual body is explored, as this article investigates the
parameters of human behavior in shared
immersive virtual environments.

SPECIAL SECTION
The special section focuses on "Blockchain Technologies" and presents a
selection of articles that report on various advances in research related to blockchains, which can have a huge impact
on CE systems. I would like to thank the
guest editor, Jong-Hyouk Lee, for the
exceptional work put into providing
such a strong special section on this hot
topic that has triggered multifront
research in various industries and academia. This subject will be a good read
for the CE community.

CE IMPACTS
SHOPPING DECISIONS MADE
IN A VIRTUAL WORLD
The authors present a state-based, userrecommender model that enables users to
engage in different states of interaction in
a three-dimensional virtual-world facility.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF USERS,
DIFFERENT TYPES OF IMMERSION
The user experience with different interaction designs and virtual environments is explored to determine user
preferences toward immersion.

BRAIN PACEMAKERS IN CONSUMER
MEDICAL ELECTRONICS IMPROVE
QUALITY OF LIFE
In this article, "Benefits, Risks, and Challenges (Part 1)," an interview is conducted with Emeritus Professor Gary Olhoeft
(from the Colorado School of Mines), who
received a deep-brain stimulation device
on 8 September 2017.

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