Chinese drone company DJI unveiled Tuesday a new model that it claims is nearly as compact as a water bottle when packed up. The Mavic Pro, shipping on Oct. 15 for 999, is debuting a week after action camera company GoPro unveiled its long-awaited Karma drone, which also folds up for easy transportation. The Mavic Pro's arms and propellors fold alongside its body, making it possible to fit in a backpack or purse, DJI says. DJI's focus on portability extends to the Mavic's controller as well, which is smaller and can be used with or without a smartphone to display live video from the aircraft. DJI will be selling the Mavic Pro without its controller for 749 and a combination package which includes the drone, two extra batteries, extra propellors, a charging hub, an adapter, and a shoulder bag for 1,299. Those who just want the drone and its controller can opt for the 999 deal.

Number one drone manufacturer DJI gives USA TODAY a test drive of it's new 999 foldable 4k camera drone, the Mavic Pro. A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Number one drone manufacturer DJI gives USA TODAY a test drive of it's new 999 foldable 4k camera drone, the Mavic Pro.

Number one drone manufacturer DJI gives USA TODAY a test drive of it's new 999 foldable 4k camera drone, the Mavic Pro. In one corner, action cam manufacturer GoPro, which last week unveiled its first drone, the 800 and foldable Karma. And today, No. 1 drone manufacturer DJI responds by unveiling Mavic Pro. Like the Karma, the Mavic is small and totable, with a full-featured 4K camera and software for easy flying. The camera will sell for 999 and be available in mid-October.

Between Oakland and San Francisco in the center of the Bay Bridge lies the 400-acre man-made Treasure Island. It's here that DJI let Engadget fly its compact Mavic Pro drone. It's DJI's first fold-up flying machine -- arriving barely a week after GoPro announced the Karma -- and it continues the company's commitment to keeping cameras in the sky. Like the GoPro Karma, the 999 Mavic Pro ( 749 without controller -- it can also be flown with a phone) is a foldable drone designed to fit in a backpack or large purse. The arms and propellers tuck in to turn Mavic into something that resembles a shoe box.

But the TV personality didn't shoot it down, over fears the footage would end up on the local news.

UPS, despite its decades of delivery experience, is a latecomer to the drone delivery game. Drone startup Flirtey demonstrated a ship-to-shore drone delivery of medical supplies off the coast of New Jersey earlier this summer, and drone delivery company Zipline declared its intent to delivery needed blood to rural populations in Washington State's San Juan islands. And it's not just startups that are already doing delivery. Amazon's drone program is perhaps the most famous, but Europe's own DHL delivery giant experimented with drones in difficult mountain terrain. Chinese online retailer JD.com is also exploring drone delivery in marshy and channel-crossed provinces, where flying drones can fly easily over the car-impassible waterways.

Uber head of product Jeff Holden told Recode that, unlike helicoptors, "VTOL aircraft could have multiple rotors, could have fixed wings and perhaps eventually would use batteries and be more silent." The Telegraph notes that Amazon's delivery drones are employing a similar technology.

Forget self-driving cars, soon you could be travelling around the city in self-driving drones. The taxi-finding app Uber is researching the plausibility of using vertical takeoff aircraft to fly its customers around cities. The technology could be available within a decade, according to Jeff Holden, head of products at Uber. Forget self-driving cars, soon you could be travelling around a city in self-driving drones. Artist's concept of a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft being developed by Aurora Flight Sciences for the US military is shown Jeff Holden, head of products at Uber told Recode he has been researching the idea of self-driving drones, so the company'can someday offer our customers as many options as possible to move around.' Mr Holden said landing on top of buildings in cities would help reduce commuting time and congestion dramatically.

While it is certainly possible that someone flying a drone in the vicinity of your property is trying to do you harm, it is by far the most unlikely scenario. A drone over your property is much more likely to be piloted by some dork who wasn't able to eyeball property limits in advance or just made a dumb mistake. A person who makes a dumb mistake or misreads property lines may very well deserve to be yelled at, or even questioned by police, but I submit he doesn't deserve to have multiple rifle rounds shot in his direction without so much as a warning--putting him at risk of serious injury or even death.

NEW YORK – Five years after Anwar al-Awlaki was killed by an American drone strike, he keeps inspiring acts of terror. Investigators say a bomb that rocked New York a week ago, injuring more than two dozen people, was the latest in a long line of incidents in which the attackers were inspired by al-Awlaki, an American imam who became an al-Qaida propagandist. Federal terrorism charges against the bombing suspect, Ahmad Khan Rahami, say a bloodstained notebook -- found on him after he engaged in a shootout with police in New Jersey and was arrested -- included passages praising al-Awlaki. And Rahami's father has said he went to the FBI two years ago in part because he was concerned about his son's admiration for al-Awlaki and the time he spent watching his videos advocating jihad, or holy war. Terror experts say al-Awlaki remains a dangerous inciter of homegrown terror.