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Last month, about 3am on a Saturday while most Australians were asleep, two teams of secondary school students from Sydney and Gosford came second and third in NASA's Zero Robotics Championship.
Tony Boyd writes on business, markets, personal finance and news. Based in our Sydney newsroom, Tony has more than 35 years experience as a finance journalist and is known for writing The Australian Financial Review's Chanticleer column, as well as his previous roles as associate editor Telecommunications, Financial Services editor, Global Markets editor, Information Technology editor and Tokyo correspondent.
Last month, about 3am on a Saturday while most Australians were asleep, two teams of secondary school students from Sydney and Gosford came second and third in NASA's Zero Robotics Championship.
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