Medieval England wins the gross-out awardfor its invention of the castle garderobe - a protruding room with a tiny opening out of which royalty would do their business.
In 2001 Mr Gorlov won the Edison patent awardfor his invention, and his turbines have now been commercialised by Lucid Energy Technologies, an American company.
This product has been awarded the first prize for the National Awardfor Technological Invention and the second prize for the National Award for Technological Innovation.