156 problems carry the rules haven't caught up

The barrier is legal, not technical: there is no approved pathway for this class of device, the building code can't be amended until a scheduled reopening years away, or the standard revises on a fifteen-year cycle while the technology changes every two. In the strangest cases, everyone — including the regulator — agrees the change is right, and there is still no procedural route to make it happen before a fixed date.