 The winner of the episode was then in the running to appear in the annual grand final episode, and be named "Inventor of the Year" and join the ranks of the Hills Hoist and the fax machine in Australia's hall of fame of home-grown inventions.The public could vote by SMS or online for their favourite invention, which was then in the running for an annual People's Choice award.In the 1970s ABC broadcast "The Inventors", produced by Beverly Gledhill.