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title: "From smart bolts to infrastructure safety: TOKBO featured in La Repubblica"
description: "TOKBO in La Repubblica: smart bolts with IoT and AI by e-Novia enhance safety and predictive maintenance in infrastructures and smart buildings."
featured_image: https://e-novia.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/tokbo-1024x683.webp
date: 2025-08-28
modified: 2025-09-09
author: m.parma
url: https://e-novia.it/en/news/tokbo-bolts-infrastructure-smart-buildings/
categories: [News]
---

# From smart bolts to infrastructure safety: TOKBO featured in La Repubblica

![From smart bolts to infrastructure safety: TOKBO featured in La Repubblica](https://e-novia.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/tokbo-1024x683.webp)

## Innovation also means rethinking the simplest things.

A bolt, for example.

With **TOKBO**, born within an innovation journey promoted by **e-Novia**, this basic component becomes an advanced technology for safer infrastructures. No surprise that it was featured in **La Repubblica**’s *Innovation Focus*.

By combining **IoT and Artificial Intelligence**, **smart bolts** turn into “sentinels” capable of monitoring structures in real time, anticipating critical issues and extending the life cycle of major works.

## Bolts as real-time monitors

Each TOKBO bolt integrates sensors to measure:

- tightening torque,

- vibrations,

- tilt,

- temperature.

This enables a shift from reactive to **predictive maintenance**, with clear benefits: risk reduction, cost optimization, and greater structural reliability.

## Applications for major infrastructures

[TOKBO](https://tokbo.it/en/)is designed for environments where safety is paramount:

- bridges and viaducts,

- airports,

- ships,

- industrial facilities.

In these contexts, **smart bolts** provide a critical layer of monitoring to prevent failures and ensure operational continuity.

## Smart buildings and resilient cities

The potential goes beyond infrastructures. The same technology can also be applied to **smart buildings**.
Through **IoT monitoring systems for buildings**, TOKBO can help track structural conditions in public facilities, office complexes, and residential housing, enhancing safety, energy efficiency, and sustainability.

In increasingly connected cities, **smart bolts** become key enablers of **urban resilience**.

## Milan Cortina 2026 and beyond

TOKBO is already part of the preparations for the **Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics**, supporting the resilience of infrastructures that will host the event.

A concrete example of how deep tech, when combined with engineering and industrial vision, can generate tangible value for society.

👉 Read the full story in the **[TOKBO case study](https://e-novia.it/e-novia-venture/tokbo/)**
👉 Learn more about how the **[e-Novia Venture Studio](https://e-novia.it/en/venture-studio-physical-ai/industrial-partners/)** transforms deep tech into real-world solutions: e-Novia Venture Studio