{"id":700,"date":"2017-08-30T09:59:40","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T09:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/?p=700"},"modified":"2017-08-30T09:59:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-30T09:59:40","slug":"made-in-sheffield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2017\/08\/30\/made-in-sheffield\/","title":{"rendered":"Made in Sheffield"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University’s development of the world\u2019s fastest gravity powered sled is a ‘significant’ invention from the city.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sled, built by Hallam’s Centre for Sports Engineering Research and used by \u00a0motorcycle racer Guy Martin to break the world speed record for gravity powered sleds, is featured in this\u00a0iNews\u00a0<\/a>article which takes a look at how Sheffield continues to make a huge difference in medical and transport technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University’s development of the world\u2019s fastest gravity powered sled is a ‘significant’ invention from the city. The sled, built by Hallam’s Centre for Sports Engineering Research and used by…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9105,"featured_media":567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,21],"tags":[99,101,103,100,102],"class_list":["post-700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hwbheadlines","category-news","tag-centre-for-sport-engineering-research","tag-gravity-powered-sled","tag-guy-martin","tag-made-in-sheffield","tag-worlds-fastest-sled"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/files\/2017\/08\/in-the-headlines.jpg?fit=1028%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8KEAX-bi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2908,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2018\/12\/05\/research-centres-are-a-step-closer\/","url_meta":{"origin":700,"position":0},"title":"Research centres are a step closer","author":"Sarah Briscoe","date":"December 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The structural steelworks of Sheffield Hallam University's two new research centres are now in place. 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