IoT (Internet Of Things), this word is popular on the world. Why? Because you can control all things through internet.
If you are designer which wants to design some smart devices, maybe you will need boards which contains wireless modules of your project. You can find two interesting projects which have wireless modul on the Kickstarter.com

First project is Wio Link. It's small modul with ESP8266. You can set ESP8266 modul through visual configuration on your mobile.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seeed/wio-link-3-steps-5-minutes-build-your-iot-applicat?ref=category_recommended

Second project is ReadBear Duo. This project contais Wi-Fi and BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) components which you can set from mobil app. The main part is Broadcom BCM43438.
The module could be program with Arduino IDE,
Particle Web IDE, Dev and CLI,
Javascript and more.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1991736672/redbear-duo-a-small-and-powerful-wi-fi-ble-iot-boa?ref=category