This Mobile Device Can Map Your Future Home
The tablet-size Contour uses a laser range finder to make digital models of building sites.
A model created with Contour’s processor.
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Innovator Kevin Dowling
Age 56
Chief executive officer of Kaarta Inc., a two-year-old, four-employee startup in Pittsburgh
Form and function
The Contour, a touchscreen device that’s a little thicker than a tablet, uses a built-in laser range finder to generate computer models of building sites or interiors undergoing renovation as it’s carried through them.