- Memrise
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Memrise Type of site Privately held company Registration Optional Available language(s) Mandarin Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish Launched September 2010 Memrise is an online learning tool that uses flashcards augmented with mnemonics—partly gathered through crowdsourcing—and the spacing effect to boost the speed and ease of learning.
Memrise was founded by Ed Cooke, a Grand Master of Memory, and Greg Detre, a Princeton neuroscientist specializing in the science of memory and forgetting.
Memrise launched in private beta after winning the Princeton Entrepreneurship Club 2009 TigerLaunch competition [1]
In July 2010 Memrise was named as one of the winners of the London Mini-Seedcamp competition.[2]. In November 2010 Memrise was named as one of the finalists for the 2010 Techcrunch Europas Start-up of the Year.[3]. In March 2011, Memrise was selected as one of the TechStars Boston startups.[4]
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Press
In 2011, Memrise was reviewed by AOL's Daily Finance [5], the MIT Technology Review[6], MSNBC[7] and Gizmodo[8].
See Memrise's Buzz page for more information.
Competitors
Quizlet
Skritter (Chinese characters only)
References
- ^ "Princeton Entrepreneurship Club 2009 TigerLaunch winners"'
- ^ http://seedcamp.com/pages/mini_seedcamps10 Mini Seedcamp Winners
- ^ http://eu.techcrunch.com/2010/11/17/the-europas-the-finalists/ Techcrunch Europas finalists
- ^ http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2011/03/techstars_boston_2011_who_got.html
- ^ Alex Salkever, "Look Out, Rosetta Stone: Memrise Has a New Vision for Learning Languages", Daily Finance, February 25, 2011
- ^ http://www.technologyreview.com/printer_friendly_article.aspx?id=37874
- ^ http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/23/6927106-grow-a-new-language-in-your-head
- ^ http://gizmodo.com/5815059/memrise-is-a-viva-pinata-for-language-students
External links
Categories:- Education
- Memory
- Spaced repetition software
- Mnemonics
- Crowdsourcing
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