[2] Using the language of Estimote, 'nearables' were an implementation of the iBeacon standard that provided orientation, temperature, and motion information – enabling functionality for Internet of Things applications.
However, it was not until 2013, when Apple Inc. announced the iBeacon protocol for Bluetooth Smart-enabled devices, that the idea of creating smart objects by attaching wireless beacons to them started gaining traction.
Any object (or a live being, like a human or animal) can become a nearable after a wireless, electronic sensor is attached to it and starts broadcasting data to nearby mobile devices.
Making today's homes smart by having nearable technologies creating these devices to act intuitively depending on the needs of individuals through self learning software.
First examples of nearables were objects tagged with Bluetooth Smart beacons supporting accelerometer and temperature sensor and broadcasting their signal in the range of approximately 50 meters.