A diffraction grating is an unusual choice for a clock face, but it puts the focus back where it belongs: on whether a display can be read quickly and cleanly.
A Hackaday write-up on a reflective LCD for an e-bike highlights a simple hardware truth: display design is often decided by visibility, not by lab specs alone.
Artificial intelligence can speed up simpler, clearer public communication, but the final standard is still human accountability, not machine fluency.