2008 Media Coverage of Luna Innovations
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2008 Business of the Year - Luna Innovations
Blue Ridge Business Journal
Dec. 15, 2008
"Luna Innovations has a lot on its plate. Researchers there are developing sensors that help surgeons navigate through a patient's body. They're also perfecting antiballistic coatings to strengthen everything from ship decks to helmet visors."
Read the Blue Ridge Business Journal article.
Materials Scientists
Chemical & Engineering News
Nov. 17, 2008
"Luna Innovations, a Roanoke, Va.- based technology development company that employs around 250 people, is looking for a senior scientist to join the company's Advanced Materials Group in Blacksburg, Va. Luna develops new technologies for the health care, telecommunications, energy, and defense markets."
Read the Chemical & Engineering News article.
Revenues rise for Luna Innovations
The Roanoke Times
Nov. 6, 2008
"While Luna Innovations continues to report a quarterly loss, the Roanoke-based company said it expects to report positive cash flow in a year as it makes strides toward becoming profitable."
Read the Roanoke Times article.
Air Handling and Cardiac Survey - EDAC® QUANTIFIER Introduces New Concepts in Solving an Old Problem
AmSECT Today
November 2008
"...We integrated the EDAC® QUANTIFIER technology in our surgical practice and have found that this technology provides an amazing clinical picture of gaseous microemboli circulating within the extracorporeal circuitry."
Read the AmSECT Today article.
Fiber Optic Sensing Monitors Strain and Reduces Costs
NASA Spinoff
October 2008 (annual publication)
"[Mark] Froggatt continued his work in monitoring stresses of fiber optic components, accessories, and networks through optical monitoring at Luna Technologies, a division of Luna Innovations Incorporated, based in Blacksburg, Virginia."
Read the NASA Spinoff article.
Partnership to Provide Jobs
WSET (ABC Affiliate in Lynchburg)
Sept. 5, 2008
"Working together to provide more jobs, that's what Luna Innovations and Danville Community College plan to do. They're partnering up to provide a nanotechnology training program for students."
Read the WSET article, or watch it here.
Luna posts loss but sees rise in revenue
Roanoke Times
Aug. 6, 2008
"The technology company reported a net loss of $1.8 million, or 16 cents a share, in the quarter, compared with a loss of $2.2 million, or 21 cents a share, a year earlier. That represents about a 17 percent improvement. The improvement comes as the company saw a 26 percent jump in revenue to nearly $9.9 million in the second quarter ended June 30."
Read the Roanoke Times article.
Luna's New Paint May Help Airline Safety
Roanoke Times
July 1, 2008
"Roanoke-based Luna Innovations, which develops and manufactures products for the health care, telecommunications, energy and defense markets, has developed a paint for aircraft that will change color to indicate damage to underlying composite material."
Read the Roanoke Times article.
Inside Science Report on Luna's Impact Paint
Discoveries and Breakthroughs
July 1, 2008
"Luna's impact indicator coatings were developed to detect non-visual damage and flaws on structures such as the exterior of an airplane. The American Institute of Physic's Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science selected Luna’s impact coatings as the subject for one of its 90-second video reports on emerging technology."
Watch a 90-second video report on Luna's impact indicator paint.
The Contrast Continuum
Medical Imaging Magazine
June 2008
"Luna Innovations Inc, Roanoke, Va., is developing a nanoparticle platform that it believes will not only eliminate concerns about NSF but will also enable greater specificity."
Click here to read the Medical Imaging Magazine article.
Small is Beautiful
Design News Magazine
May 2008
"In Virginia, Luna Innovations, an R&D company, has formed a partnership with Intuitive Surgical, developer of the da Vinci robotic surgery system, to explore the integration of Luna's fiber-optic shape sensors in minimally invasive surgery."
Click here to read the Design News article (Page 12).
Luna lands $1.9 million contract from Navy
Roanoke Times
April 24, 2008
"The U.S. Navy really likes to know when an enemy threat rides the waves or cruises beneath. The Navy believes Roanoke-based Luna Innovations' "shape-sensing" technology could enhance such surveillance."
Click here to read the Roanoke Times article.
Luna Finding Is Hair Raising
GoDanRiver.com
April 10, 2008
"Danville’s Luna Innovations has now announced the discovery of a nanomedicine that could help grow new hair follicles. Luna nanoWorks scientists made the discovery while working on an antioxidant, which could lead to treating a wide range of diseases."
Click here to read the GoDanRiver.com article.
Sensing System Maps Fibre Position and Shape in Medical Applications
Nature Photonics
March 2008
"Using Luna's fibre-optic cable during minimally invasive surgery gives surgeons real-time feedback on the position of the instruments used."
Click here to read the Nature Photonics article.
NASA-Inspired Shape-Sensing Fibers Enable Minimally Invasive Surgery
NASA Tech Briefs
Feb. 1, 2008
"Using technology inspired by NASA, Luna Innovations developed a shape and position sensor using optical fiber. This fiber optic cable is minimally intrusive, virtually weightless, and can provide real-time feedback of its own dynamic shape and position."
Click here to read the entire NASA Tech Briefs article.
Nanotechnology big in Danville
Roanoke Times
Jan. 20, 2008
"The clash between the state's old and new world economies is palpable in the cavernous, timber-framed warehouse that houses Luna Innovation's nanotechnology division."
Click here to read the entire Roanoke Times article.
