Some of the most obvious differences between languages are to be found in their systems for counting objects and people. Anyone who did French at school will remember how difficult it was to get to ...

Counting objects is an ideal task for automation, and when focusing on a single type of object, there are many effective solutions. But what if you need to count hundreds of different objects? That’s ...

Is it possible to count objects you can't see? If you've ever received a boxed gift, or a mysterious package from Amazon, you might have tried to lightly shake the box to try to guess its contents.