December 15th, 2021
December 15th, 2021
This is a smart pen that saves and digitizes all of your handwritten notes because it captures off your content and then sends it over to companion app on the phone or tablet.
Basically it works with special notebook paper that has lots of tiny micro dots on it. And then the pen itself essentially has an infrared camera sensor when drawing on that special paper, it's able to recognize where you're drawing and then sending that information using bluetooth to smartphone. It's also the smallest smart pen yet, it's super lightweight and feels really just like a regular ballpoint pen.
The pen is a portable size and it’s even smaller than a sharpie in terms of its diameter and it is built entirely out of aluminum so it feels like a really premium. The slightly triangular shape makes gripping it more natural. The cap is well designed so it can also be capped it over the rear and still have the LED status light invisible. There's also a power key on the very top. They can be tapped for a few seconds to turn on and you'll hear a beep. The pen lasts for about 8 hours on a single charge and charges up using micro USB. It can also used to record a voice memos. One of the new features here is, it also has pressure sensitivity that detects up to 1024 levels just like on Wacom pen. There's a mono speaker and then the light will turn white and you can start connecting it to your app. When the pen is connected there's another beep as confirmation.
The one thing to keep in mind though is because there is a camera sensor down below, the pen should be held in a particular orientation. When reversing it or the camera sensor is blocked, it's not gonna pick up anything.
The pen can be used to edit note and highlight the content, and for erasing the content is to use finger to tap on the screen. The entire writing can be played back and the speed of playing can be set too. Sharing can also work on social media and the notes can be downloaded as a ten second video. This is actually a pretty cool feature especially for students and for note takers to see how things were inputted.
Some of its features include transcription even recognition so it can automatically translate handwriting into digitized typed notes which are a lot easier to search back. It can also played back when handwriting it in real time and speed it up.
The LCD pad is a good concept for saving the planet, the notes can be taken on the attached LCD pad without wasting a single sheet of paper. And when finishing your work, just need to tip (“√”) and the notes can be saved even while offline. Then delete the screen, a new page can be started. All can be done even without a phone.
The color and thickness of the handwriting notes can be changed on the LCD pad without touching the phone. The voice memos to your notes can be done on the pad too, by tapping the “play” and “pause” icons on the LCD pad and the voice will be linked to your notes automatically. The only flaw is that the brightness of the screen is a bit insufficient, but it is enough to support ordinary writing. And the brightness of the 2nd generation LCD pad is much better than the 1st version.
That's more or less for our quick hands-on review of the NEWYES Sync pen. It's the smallest and most lightweight smart pen that we've seen yet, a category of products that hasn't seemed too much development over the past few years.
Written by Angela
With an experienced and dedicated R&D team, we hit on a great success of the crowfunding campaign on Kickstarter and Indiegogo of our SyncPen2 during the past three months.
Following the success of the NEWYES SyncPen 2, we are going to launch the WeatherPad as a continuation of our environmentally friendly product range, which keeps in a drive to make the world paperless. If you are a big fan of our paperless products or if you would like to give it a try, stay tuned on our website and subscribe to our newsletters to get the latest news!
What is the WeatherPad?
It is a combination of an LCD writing pad with a built-in thermometer and a hygrometer. It is capable of monitoring and measuring indoor temperature and humidity within a deviation of ±0.1℃ and ±1% RH. Refreshes occur every 10 seconds keeping you aware of any changes to the environment.
The inclusion of LCD writing pad allows quick and easy recording of any metrics.It allows different people to make different notes, based on their special demands. For example, you can set up reminder for your family members or workmates; jot down notes or tips in office; kids can also draw or scribe freely on this pad. All the users will benefit from an eco-friendly way to log information and erase it without unnecessary paper use.
Who Needs the NEWYES WeatherPad?
The WeatherPad has use cases in both personal and professional environments.
For environments with strict humidity and temperature requirements, the WeatherPad is the perfect accompaniment. The thermometer and hygrometer are highly accurate for measuring temperature and humidity while having a 10-second refresh rate. Users can quickly make adjustments and note changes with the LCD writing pad.
For example, in your living room, bedroom, babyroom, office, you might need such a WeatherPad to keep aware of the indoor condition and make some adjustment to keep comfortable.
While in some professional environements such as laboratories, wine cellars, greenhouses, warehouses, or pet breeding rooms, to name a few, the WeatherPad will be an essential tool for any place that requires temperature and humidity moderation.
4 Excellent Ways That the WeatherPad Can Benefit Your Personal Life
Humidity settings
Dry or damp air can be an issue in residential properties. The highly accurate readings of the WeatherPad will help you to know the dry, comfortable, and wet conditions of your rooms quickly. Using the data, you can adjust the humidifier or dehumidifier accordingly to meet the needs of your family.
For example, a dehumidifier is most effective at warmer temperatures and higher relative humidity levels. Relative humidity levels over 60% can cause mold and mildew to grow. The ideal humidity is between 30% and 50%. Using the WeatherPad, you can be proactive and mitigate the harmful effects of mold in the home.
New Homes
When moving into a new home, the WeatherPad can help you understand the temperature and humidity in each of the rooms. Knowing the information can help you take appropriate actions proactively.
People with illnesses
For those who suffer from colds and headaches, or permanent problems such as arthritis and tracheitis, the temperature and humidity can impact common symptoms. The WeatherPad can be beneficial in keeping the heat and moisture at the right level all of the time, negating the effect of the environment.
LCD Writing Pad
The LCD tablet offers a memo function that the whole family can use. As well as monitoring temperature and humidity metrics, users can leave messages for each other and essential notes. The LCD pad ensures no wasting of paper, writing on walls, or risk of the kids writing on the sofa!
Additional Features
As well as all these benefits, the WeatherPad comes with additional features. First, you can set alarm clock reminders. In professional environments, there could be set times when temperature and humidity need logging. The WeatherPad will sound an alarm to remind users to check the data.
Long lifespan: It uses a Type-C charger, which takes just 90 minutes to charge every 3 to 6 months.
3 angles kickstand: The kickstand can be put in three different positions for easy placement.
Magnetic attached stylus: The stylus comes with magnetic technology, which can be magnetically attraced aside the WeatherPad easily. It is strong and durable so that the kids cannot break or damage it.
Safe material: All the materials used in the production of the WeatherPad are environmentally friendly.
The WeatherPad will surely take a step forward towards our mission of "Making the world paperless". Back this project on kickstarter and you will contribute a lot to protect our environment.
We receive customers’ emails time to time asking the difference of each notebook and how to select a correct one to fit her/his need, so in this blog, we will introduce the full collection of NEWYES smart notebook.
Material - The paper looks very typical, but the texture is very different. It almost feels like a film or plastic. It's a very silky smooth. It doesn't tear as easily because it's just that it's almost like a plastic piece.
Style - We mainly have two styles of smart notebook, one is PU cover, another is plastic cover. Let’s begin with the Plastic cover, it’s hard cover and not easy to scratch, mostly are black, while A5 size has three more colors, gray, blue and navy blue. The PU notebook has very stylish cover and feels soft, we have total 2 size for PU notebook, one is A6 only black, another is A5, which has 4 different color options, all-black, joint options - light brown and dark brown; green and black; pink and blue.
Size and format - Four sizes available B5, A7, A6, A5, A4 - letter size. A7 and A5 size only have one kind of page format, half wide lined and half dotted pages; while A6 and A4 - letter size have 3 page formats, full college ruled pages, full graph grid and full dotted. For detailed specifications, you can refer to the listing page.
Every NEWYES smart notebook comes with NEWYES pen, it's a very thin pen, and this particular pen is special because it has an erasable ink that works well with this plastic type of paper. It's a very fine pen tip. It has this nice grip on it. Very easy to write and scribble without having to apply too much pressure. But it takes a few seconds to completely dry. And on the other side of the pen there is an eraser rubber tip, you apply a little bit of pressure and afterwards you're able to essentially erase what you've written because of the special paper.
You can also use hair drier to blow the pages to erase the notes, this is suitable for erase the whole page even the whole notebook.
It is quite a neat concept that you can just you erase everything when you're done. And then what you want to keep you scan using the app. The app is NEWYES NOTE, which is compatible with both IOS and Android device, the app is very powerful and free, I will show the details of the APP and guide you to explore the useful features of the APP in next blog.
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As time goes, people tend to not care if they don't feel close to the issue at hand. Environmental films can help audiences feel close to nature, but do you know what makes them feel even closer? Engaging with nature!
A good environmental film should leave the viewer asking What can I do? Well, what can you do? Let's have some small changes that you can make in your everyday life that would help the environment enormously if every participated.
I know this sounds like a lot, but they're doable things. The trick is getting everyone to work together. I give you a challenge. Make a couple of these changes in your everyday life and see how easy it is once it becomes a routine. You may save some money, feel a little better about yourself, and maybe one day save the planet if you can make a difference. You should, because this is our home.
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Somebody would loves sticky notes, as it has tabs, it achieve the function of the post-its, but also good at index. You can easily find out the pages you need with the tab.
Our product, NEWYES sticky notes combine post-its and sticky notes, there're 3 small pads in one book, with tabs and without tabs. The tabs would help you quickly find the note without turning every page.
And it is reusable and recycle, this is a revolutionary product that would save thousands of trees, saving the trees from today!
Use as post-its
For student
“I can easily find what I need without flipping through a bunch of different pages or books”
For office staff
“ I use one sheet for each project and keep them in my calendar so I can prioritize and plan.”
For house wife
“I can do double duty by labeling the recipes I am interested in on the tab AND updating the recipe on the note itself with suggested changes like adding additional spices, etc.”
For note taker
“I am able to use these in my daily planner to make lists or jot down details.”
For those who reads a lot
“These has been saving me from dog-earring my magazines and books.”
Test - Each stick then peel off 20 times.
For the normal post-its, the stickiness was highly weakened and sticking is not well.
While NEWYES reusable sticky notes is still pretty sticky.
Some normal sticky notes are pretty sticky that the adhesive on these notes tears the paper when you remove them. It leaves behind a residue, too. You have to be very careful.
While our sticky notes have been highly improved, it can be easily peel off but leave nothing to the pages.
The traditional sticky notes tab would get bent up or worn after a long while, which is very annoying.
The material of our sticky notes is plastic, it's very strong and won't tear off.
The magic of NEWYES sticky notes is that it can be reused. So buying this means not only saving the trees but also saving money.
There are approximately 4-7 billion trees per year cut down from forests to make paper products ranging from paper cups, plates, other paper products, and paper that we write or print on. It's everyone's obligation to save the nature.
The material of NEWYES reusable sticky notes is Polythylene terephthalate, it can be recycle, no worries that it would effect the environment. ♻️♻️♻️♻️
Click and try this magic product!
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Newyes started the crowfunding project for our brand new product "The coolest paperless and digitized notebook set "on Kickstarter at 8th,May,2019. Within these two days, we have received 222 backers and pledged $22261 to support our project. This project will last for 45days till 22th,June,2019, so we still have 43days to go! We would be highly appreciated for you to go and check our project at http://bit.ly/2vLGvSc, as well as making a pledge to support us! We sincerely welcome you to be an early bird, to try this smart set!
We have created the first smart pen writing system AI Write C1, which has received positive response in the Asian market. Last year, we made further breakthroughs in paperless innovation on the intelligent writing system. Now we are proud to introduce the new Syncpen series. With many years of effort, NEWYES now possesses an experienced, dedicated and professional Research and Development Team. With the expertise and profound up-to-date knowledge about the liquid crystal display and polymer materials, we provide our clients a set of comprehensive solutions including high Quality products, excellent pre-sale and post-sale service. We are also retaining a strong customer relationship both at home and abroad.
Newyes is pretty much the world's coolest Syncpen, E-tablet and notebook set that can be seamlessly switch between paper and paperless writing. How cool is that!
Whether you’re taking notes in a journal or doodling on an electronic tablet, Newyes Instantly mirrors your content on your phone or pad and store them on the cloud ! ! ! With both the paper and paperless mode you can switch back and forth easily!
If you need a pen, tablet and notebook that can record your notes, thoughts and inspiration anytime, anywhere. The Newyes is exactly what you’ve been looking for!
The Newyes isn’t just a smart pen. It’s an unprecedented intelligent handwriting system. It works with paper or your electronic tablet and has a specially designed algorithm with a unique micro dot pattern and build in camera that captures the exact location of everything you write and draw! Newyes is revolutionizing everything we know. Now you can sketch, write or draw on the same tablet again and again without wasting paper. Capture every version or iteration in the digital cloud!
Features & Strong Point:
1.Precise Synchronization(Quick response)
The Newyes Syncpen incorporates new technologies like we’ve never seen before. It has a built-in camera with the lens recognition speed and ability to capture more than 200 frames per second.Newyes Syncpen also adjusts perfectly to the pressure you apply! With 1024 pressure levels, the pen allows you to perfectly and precisely sketch and draw. It’s perfect for artists!
Bluetooth 4.2 gives you more efficient wireless transmission without losing your notes.The bottom line is that this new technology beats any other smart pen hands down. The writing is fluid, precise and easy. And then it’s all captured digitally as well!
2.Auto power on & off
No need to turn Newyes Syncpen on manually. Simply take it out of your bag and start writing. It’s that simple. Easy to use when you need to take a QUICK note! Conveniently powers off when unused for 20 minutes and won’t run out of batteries if you leave it on. However, the Newyes Syncpen is also equipped with an on/off switch that allows you to manually switch the pen on or off if needed.
3.Offline storage & Newyes note+APP
With Syncpen you can store up to 800 pages of notes and copy them over to the Newyes note + app whenever you connect. The free Newyes note+ app is available on your phone and tablet (iOS 9.0 and above, Android 5.0 and above).
4.Save everything in the format you need
With the Newyes Note+ App, you can easily export your notes to the PDF, JPG (can be saved to mobile photo album), TXT, MP4 and more!
5.Handwriting recognition (recognize as many as 71 languages)
Supported by industry-leading myscript technology, the Newyes note+ app comes with handwriting recognition that recognizes up to 71 languages. Your handwritten content will intelligently generate editable text. And with the Newyes note + app, you can also search for handwritten keywords. It makes it easy to search your records to find whatever you want whenever you want!
6.Cloud sharing anytime, anywhere
Stop taking pictures or scribbling notes on a napkin to share with someone. Now you can quickly share notes and ideas with friends and colleagues on Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Twitter, and email.
7.Audio recording
In addition to easily taking notes with your Newyes note+ app, you can also add a voice memo to your notes by clicking the Newyes note+ app record audio button and using the microphone on your tablet or smartphone. Your recording will be linked to your notes so it’s easy to go back after the fact and listen to the conference or lecture to make sure you didn’t miss anything!
8.Note playback
Newyes note+ App can detect your handwriting and play back your notes and ideas. This is great for sharing with others and allowing multiple people to “hear” your notes at once instead of one person at a time reading them.
9. Eight hours of writing time
Newyes Syncpen uses the latest Bluetooth 4.2 (Low Energy) technology, allowing you to enjoy faster connection speeds. 1.5 hours of full charge will allow you to write for 8 hours! And with the integrated standby mode, Snycpen can often last a week or more on one charge if you’re not constantly writing.
10.Edit and search in Newyes note
If you want to delete or edit some notes, it's easy to do in the Newyes+ app.
Newyes+app lets you:
⦁ Highlight text: You change the font, color and thickness
⦁ Replace page background: blank or grid
⦁ Quick search: Add titles, tags, handwritten keywords, etc.
⦁ Easily delete text or images
11. Comfortable and lightweight
Newyes Syncpen is light and comfortable in your hand. The shell is made of aluminum alloy and the ultra-light triangle cone design is the same size as the ballpoint pen. The design lets you comfortably write for hours at a time!
No need to turn Newyes Syncpen on manually. Simply take it out of your bag and start writing. It’s that simple. Easy to use when you need to take a QUICK note! Conveniently powers off when unused for 20 minutes and won’t run out of batteries if you leave it on. However, the Newyes Syncpen is also equipped with an on/off switch that allows you to manually switch the pen on or off if needed.
12.Stretch goal
Newyes comes in two stylish colors: available in Blue/Black and will be available in Red/Silver when we reach out stretch goal. Pick your favorite style and color of pen. New colors are in the works and will be available soon as well!
This new smart writing system is years of research, testing and development in the making and we are releasing our best product yet!
And the best part about our company is we don’t stop at the sale of our products. We provide excellent pre-sale and post-sale service because we are looking to build customers for life!
Our goal is to be the leading provider or paperless smart products, and we’ve put a team together to do exactly that! Try our products today and see for yourself how useful and convenient they can be!
Let’s go paperless!
]]>Paper has long been necessity in people’s life for many years. Kids need to practice drawing, students need to write down notes, family member need to leave messages, business people need to write down their to-do lists. Later, as the computer and pad are becoming more and more popular, people start to replace the paper with pad and computer. However, this does not always work. Sometimes they need write something down, to keep the notes portable, handy and easy to review. Then, that is why the LCD writing board appears as a new thing.
LCD writing board is a kind of electronic device that uses high tech flexible liquid crystal technology to display words, patterns and graphics by pressure. The theory that how LCD Writing tablet works all relies on a special type of liquid crystal display (LCD). The device, such as NEWYES LCD Writing Tablet, has a resistive screen. When you put gentle pressure on the screen with a stylus, your finger or any other solid object, the crystals will flow and change into a reflective layer.
It is paperless, eco-friendly and money-saving. Simply with a button to repeatedly erase for over 5000times, you can save more than 5000 papers (one tree). You could only use one-button to erase the screen and rewrite. According to the frequency that you use the button, a battery can last for 1-2years. Usually greenish and colorful note writing both work well. It is designed at a compact size, which is convenient, portable, light-weight, ultra-low energy consumption and eye-protection.
The sizes of regular tablets now vary from 4.5″,8.5″,9″,9.7″,10″,12″,13″ etc. You could choose single greenish or colorful writing notes as you like. And there are different outlooks for you to choose as well, like red, blue, green, white, pink, black, etc. Regarding the appearance, there are some classic styles, some fashionable styles, as well as some kids popular designs. The great benefit of getting one of these boards is that what you would like to use it for is totally up to you. Whether you use it to capture your notes, to draw images, or you want use it to do calculation or chart, then, you will find that this is the perfect products in your daily life.
In 2014, NEWYES made its first LCD writing board. We are always dedicated to explore environmental-friendly products and solutions. We have a professional R&D team, and we have been keeping exploring and improving the quality of our LCD writing board. At the beginning, our lcd writing board is just seemingly simple, and there is not so many colors and sizes for you to choose. However, along with the deep understanding of the requirement from our market and the valuable feedback from our regular customers, we start to widen the range of our writing boards.
We hold the belief to make the world paperless and we are always devoted to paperless products. In comparison to other technology, LCD writing board is ultra-low energy consumption, while still has some great high-tech features. It can help you save notes, share notes, just like a pad! Lcd writing board is changing your writing style quietly, but indeed positively!
Now we would like to recommend you some of our products as below:
Newyes regular popular hotseller: https://bit.ly/2HCybx0
Newyes partial erasable one: https://bit.ly/2Gn4k92
Newyes15inch large one: https://bit.ly/2Uifz6f
Newyes pocket smaller one:https://bit.ly/2PYSQf5
We also have a lot of other models that can be taken as a perfect gift. Please go to our store to find more!
NEWYES now possesses an experienced, dedicated and professional Research and Development Team. With the expertise and profound up-to-date knowledge about the liquid crystal display and polymer materials, we provide our clients a set of comprehensive solutions including high Quality products, excellent pre-sale and post-sale service. We are also retaining a strong customer relationship both at home and abroad. We will keep bringing you more and more paperless products and always make our world PAPERLESS!
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During April 11th-14th, NEWYES have attended HK Electronics Fair in Hong Kong AisaWorld-Expo. It was considered as the biggest consumer electronics fair in Asia, which attracted a lot of worldwide buyers to come. Visitors could find home & outdoor, and automotive electronics there-video games, intelligent digital products, electronic components and smart electronic products. We brought our classic hot-seller writing boards there and launched our new products series as well. We have made a series of videos to display how to use our LCD writing board, smart notebook and smart pen, in order to let the buyers know more about the application scenes of our products. And this proved a great success.
Before attending the Fair, we have payed much attention to the poster design of this fair, in order to highlight our new products and hot-sellers. We launched the new smart pen and intelligent digital board placed in the most conspicuous position, because they both could been seen as updated versions of our regular products, and our R&D department has also provided companion app for clients to download to save and share notes. This time we were planning to expand our market worldwide and trying hard to seek cooperation with global agents. We were glad that so many visitors are interested in our products, some of them even bought samples back to display to their clients and offer us their name cards for further contact. We had to say that the intuitive videos and focused posters were really helpful to promote our products.
In order to get access to more clients, our Business to Business department colleagues have made a lot of preparations for this fair. Before attending the Fair, they sent invitations to our old and potential customers, informing them our booth number and our new products. According to the special requirements of each market, they came up a scheme of product samples for this fair. Our sales manager Fancy, together with Rachel and Phoebe, set off to the fair at Apr.10th., with the primary goal to attract new customers, and participate in some brand marketing. This time we chose to showcase our classic lcd writing boards, with different appearance designs, and we highly introduced our new products to our visitors: smart pen, intelligent digital board, powerbank smart notebook(wireless charger), partially erasable writing board and transparent screen writing board. As these items were not shown in the fair before, many buyers were interested and excited to get an up close and personal trial of the variety lcd boards we offered
It was a success. Fancy met her customer from Norway, who was very glad to see our new products and would like to discuss more about the further cooperation. Rachel met her customer from Hong Kong, who had bought several samples to display to his clients, and would consider large quantity purchasing later after testing. We also had many customers from around the world, for example Poland, France, Netherlands, Brazil. It was exciting that one customer was looking for lcd writing board for the local schools, and he thought our products would be a perfect solution to help the students write down notes, do arithmetic, and save paper! We were glad to see that many clients agree with our statement “Making the world paperless”, and they also tried to contribute their own efforts to maintain the environment.
By the end of the fair, we have reached out a significant number of customers, and our sales were busy following up to offer our support. Through this fair, we not only had a huge number of visitors flow, but also spread the fame of our brand and the statement of our company. Now we are very excitedly looking forward to next year’s fair. And we are confident that we will still bring something new to you. Hope to see you again next time at NEWYES Booth!
]]>April 11th-14th, 2019, NEWYES will attend HK Electronics Fair in Hong Kong AisaWorld-Expo, and we are going to release our four new products to our customers there. Our Booth Number is 5F36. We NEWYES sincerely look forward to your visit.
HK Electronics Fair is the world‘s largest electronics trading fair, which is held every April and October, showcasing over 7,500 booths across two phases – Consumer Electronics & Mobile Electronics. NEWYES is always dedicated to research and develop smart and intelligent products, in order to promote our “MAKING THE WORLD PAPERLESS” mission statement. In regard to the 4 new products, we would like you to take a glance of some foreshow as below.
Syncpen is our featured AI product, which could record your creation anytime anywhere. When you think, you can ink. We also have our matched APP to provide you data permanent storage.
This product is an updated version of our regular LCD writing board. It can offer handwriting synchronous transmission and it’s compatible with mobile, computer and pad, allowing you to share your wonderful ideas to all your social medias.
Both our Syncpen and Memory LCD Board share the features as automatic synchronous, handwriting recognition, handwriting playback, cloud storage, offline storage, platform shareable, recordable, etc.
This product is an updated version of regular erasable smart notebook. It is reusable, erasable with eraser, wet cloth or hair drier. The remarkable feature is that it comes with powerbank inside and wireless charger, and supporting scanned storage as well.
This product not only allows you one-click removal, but also offers you a chance to erase partially, which would help us a lot when we just make a little mistake in our notes.
Except above four new launches, we will also bring our classic and hot-sale products to this Fair, for example the colorful Robot Pad, the Frog writing board, the 4.5 inch portable board, the regular smart notebooks, etc. We would like to offer our customers a variety of types and sizes of our products, in order to meet the best requirement.
Nowadays, we are looking for global agents. We NEWYES is always dedicated to explore environmental-friendly products and solutions. MAKING THE WORLD PAPERLESS is our dream. And this dream will need your support. We sincerely welcome every customer to visit our booth, and we are ready to offer you our best and professional service.
Booth number 5F36! We are Looking forward to your visit!
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Imagine walking through a fairytale winter wonderland. One that spans huge ice and snow sculptures, with colorful lights all around you. When I say huge, I am talking about largest ice and snow sculptures. One even took the Guinness World Record for Largest Snow Sculpture coming in at 250 meters long, 8.5 meters high, and used over 13,000 cubic meters of snow.
You have entered the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival.
The festival started in 1963, based upon Harbin’s traditional ice lantern show. It was sadly interrupted for a number of years, but resumed in 1985. And it just kept growing. Becoming official in 2001, now there are four different theme parks open for the festival.Besides a lot of ice, and a lot of snow, it takes swing saws pulled from the surface of the Songhua River, ice picks, other types of saws, and approximately 10,000 people to bring together the massive festival each year. They bring Harbin, China to life with intricate designs, colored lights, and activities that go from performances, to winter sports, to even a wedding ceremony on ice.
It is pretty cold in Harbin, China during the winter. The average temperature is -13 degrees Celsius and at night, you can be looking at -30 degrees Celsius. Yet the cold weather, snow, and ice attractions is exactly what brings over 18 million tourists each year to experience this true Winter Wonderland that lasts about 60-70 days during the cold Harbin winter.
Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo is held in the Sun Island scenic area. It covers 5000 meters and actually has an indoor area open all year round that is kept between -5 and -10 degrees Celsius. Each year a different cultural theme is picked, and is the home of towering, illuminated snow sculptures. It also welcomes countries like Canada, Japan, Russia, France, Italy, and North Korea (to name a few) to participate in the construction.
In Ice and Snow World, aka Bingxue Large World, you enter the most important of the four theme parks. It traverses 750,000 square meters and needs over 300,000 cubic meters of ice and snow. It is described as charming, romantic, and breath-taking. It is one of the most popular winter attractions in the world. It is no wonder it brings so many to Harbin, China seeking a glimpse of such beauty.
It costs more than $15.25 million to create another important component of the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival – the Wanda Ice Lantern theme park. It spans 500,000 square meters, and consumes 50,000 cubic square meters of ice and 10,000 cubic meters of snow. Here is the opportunity to not only enjoy the beautiful and brightly lit sculptures, you can also visit the mini ice expo which will treat you to six different types of cuisine: Chinese, Korean, Thai, Russian, German, and French. There are also various activities in the park ranging from fun and rather unique winter sports, like Ice Football or ice bowling. You can even take in a show in a 5D or 6D theatre which includes live foreign dances, and films that have ice and snow as a theme.
Last, but certainly not least, is Zhaolin Park Ice Lantern Fair. This is how the festival was born of course. Traditionally the ice lanterns were used for the fisherman at night in the Songhua River. Now, these lanterns are based on a garden art style developed from the folk art. There is a wide variety of snow and ice sculptures and range from recreations of buildings to ancient Chinese legends, and even animals. The enchanted effect comes from the added lights, best seen at 5:30 pm.
My suggestion? Bundle up, get ready to walk, and take in the Winter Wonderland Fairytale that is the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival.
]]>We feel pretty excited right now. NEWYES has been in negotiations with Walmart since June 2017 to be able to sell our products in Walmart stores, here in China. However, Walmart has strict rules, and it was necessary for us to get through the review of their process. It took a while. We finally made it and held our first TWO exhibitions with Walmart in December 2018.
Our exhibitions were about fun, and showcasing our LCD pads. They are a big hit with children. So much so, one little girl promised her doubting mother that instead of TV, and games every day, she would use the LCD pad. With that kind of promise, it is no surprise she won over her mom to purchase her one of our LCD pads. Moreover, another little girl wanted one, but her father was not too keen on the purchase. Well, she also was persuasive and won the argument by insisting, saying she would “use all of her pin money” to buy one. You go, girl!
During the event, to continue the fun, we held two drawing competitions. We brought in an Art teacher to show the kids some tips and tricks about drawing. Not only did the children draw, but they were our voters to determine who would win each competition. There was quite a bit of creativity at work, as you will be able to see in our pictures, as well as our very talented winners.
Two great exhibitions to promote our brand were a success. So now, 400 Walmart stores in China will sell NEWYES LCD Pads. Stay tuned, because this is just the beginning. We have more exciting news to share soon!
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No matter whether you are a child or an adult, I think you will agree that attending a Toys and Games Fair would be nothing but fun! January 7th-10th, 2019 was the 45th Hong Kong Toys and Games Fair, held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. The fair is Asia’s biggest Toys and Games Fair. In 2018, the fair brought in a whopping 49,000 buyers, had 126 countries and regions participated, and had 2,100 exhibitors. For example, one zone was called the “Smart-Tech Toys” which is for toys that bring innovation to the table through virtual reality, or robotics, and other “smart features.”1 There is also a “Kidult World” which is for adults to see the latest and greatest toys for grown-ups.2 The great thing is that the Toys and Games fair is a place for exhibitors to show new and current items, as well as demo some! Don’t forget that there are samples of toys too! There was no way we were going to miss this fair!
Therefore, Fancy, Grace, and Rachel from our Business to Business Department set off to the fair, with the primary goal to attract new customers, and participate in some brand marketing. This year we chose to showcase our many different LCD pads that are designed to suit many purposes, but primarily to foster a child’s creativity. As an item not shown in the fair before, many buyers that had heard of the LCD tablets were excited to get an up close and personal view of the variety of LCD pads we offer.
It was a success. We had many buyers from around the world, like Poland, who was interested in the product to sell at supermarkets and other stores. We even had some visitors from Australia! That was exciting! Of course, what was a treat, was the parents that chose to buy LCD pads for their children, knowing they were helping their children with creativity and their imagination, but also as a great, safe toy.
Moreover, of course, with every purchase, they were maintaining the environment, as an LCD tablet does not waste any trees. After all, our mission statement is “Keep the World Paperless.” By the end of the week, despite knowing we had a significant number of people flow through our exhibit, we knew it was a real success as we did not have a single sample left. We are very excited about next year’s fair, and hope to see you there!
MORE PICTURES FROM THE 45TH HONG KONG TOYS AND GAMES FAIR!
]]>Every year at the end of the Lunar Calendar, all Chinese companies have annual celebrations to express their thankfulness for the past year and to be able to wish each other happiness in the upcoming New Year. Some companies have a yearly dinner; some will go traveling, it merely depends on the company. Last year, the NEWYES team went to one of our colleague’s wedding. This year, we chose to travel from January 17th to January 19th.
The annual celebration party was full of fun! Every department had to prepare a talent show. We had a small skit, guitar playing, singing, and dancing. I have to praise the singers; they sang “Confession Balloons.” The song is a trendy and romantic song sang by Jay Chou, who is a very famous singer in China. Many young generations are using this song to be the music in which they propose marriage. Six girls in our company chorused this song with six different languages, including Chinese, English, Germany, French, Japanese, and lastly Cantonese. It was so beautiful that some colleagues had tears in their eyes.
In the celebration, we also had a gift exchange and a lucky draw! Alan took home the grand prize! Of course, we were all so jealous!
There’s one BEST SALESPERSON reward this year; the winner is Leonie. Though she just graduated in 2018, she received the best sales this year, as she is in charge of the markets for Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain. Her sales volume is almost three times last year’s. We’re so proud of her!
During the three days of our annual celebration, we also had other activities, such as climbing a mountain, walking across the glass bridge (You read correctly, the bridge is glass!), taking a hot springs bath, taking a boat trip, playing games, etc. We enjoyed this trip a lot!
We’re grateful for what we have now, and we’re confident to build a better NEWYES in 2019!
]]>Once, there was a vicious horned beast that had horns, named Nian, with sharp teeth that kept itself sheltered in the ocean for almost the whole year. But every year, at the end of the lunar year, the beast would come on shore to terrorize the village. He would hunt the livestock, and even the villagers, especially children, destroying all in his path. Therefore, the villagers would board up their home, and escape into the nearby mountains before Nian’s yearly visit.
One particular New Year, an old beggar came to to the village. This beggar looked unique. He had beautiful silver crane hair, brilliant eyes, and showed his great spirit. He asked an old woman for food and if he could stay in the village, she gave him the food, and she was shocked. She told him of Nian and asked him to come into the mountains with her. But he said to her if he was allowed to stay, he could beat Nian. Skeptical, the old woman again pleaded with the man to go into the mountains with her, but he refused. She gave him some food but felt she had no choice but to flee the village.
At the stroke of midnight, the terrible Nian came into the village, ready to wreak havoc, and hungry for the livestock and people. But he quickly realized this night was different. Upon the old woman’s door was red paper, and lights were glowing within the home. Nian let out a terrible scream. He decided he would rush the door, but as he did so, the old man opened it, and stood there in a red robe, laughing. He let fireworks go off in the yard. Nian was terrified and fled the village and back into the sea.
The next day, the villagers came back into the village, and were stunned to find nothing harmed! How was it possible? The old woman remembered the old beggar and his promise. They flocked to the woman’s home and saw the red paper, firecrackers, and the lights burning in the house. They then realized that the old man used these things to scare Nian away, as Nian was afraid of the color red, loud noises, and bright lights. The beggar had given them the answers, so they no longer had to flee into the mountains. Word spread quickly throughout the other villages. To rejoice, the villagers put on new clothes and visited with neighbors. It was a grand celebration.
From that New Year’s day forward, it became a tradition to paste red couplets on the door, leave the lanterns glowing in the home, and stay up late to let off firecrackers.
Guo Nian translates to “Overcome Nian.”, which is precisely what the old man taught the villagers to do.
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