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At DEMO, a company called Cerego just launched a new adaptive learning system for English speakers who want to learn a new language: iKnow! Think Rosetta Stone, but online, with a brain, and mashed up with a social network. Using a specialized algorithm tailored to the individual learner, iKnow! can accelerate knowledge acquisition by having you review items at the optimum point in time - that moment right before you're likely to forget it. At launch time, iKnow features the English and Japanese languages, but it's not restricted to just those two - iKnow can support any language. That's because iKnow is an open learning platform, starting with languages and progressing to any content domain. Right now, third parties (including the U.S. government) are using the platform to train diplomats in the field. The content they produce will soon become available on the platform for anyone to freely use and remix.