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The DJI Mavic Air is the foldable drone that's so compact yet so powerful that it's ready to slip out of your jacket pocket  and  record your next adventure in 4K video. You don't have to choose one over the other in 2018. That's the futuristic-sounding idea behind this new consumer drone, which is more sophisticated than the DJI Spark and priced cheaper than the DJI Mavic Pro. The Mavic Air hovers that perfect middle-ground offering, high-end specs and a lower-end price, even if this shiny new gadget remains an expensive investment. It has just about every bell and whistle you could ever ask for, according to our initial tests, from 12MP photos to 32MP panoramic pictures to 21-minute battery life. Importantly, the DJI Mavic Air is easy to fly thanks to improved object avoidance systems and gesture controls, giving this drone more mainstream appeal.

Personal Technology is getting a bad rap these days. It keeps getting more addictive: Notifications keep us  glued to our phones . Autoplaying episodes lure us into Netflix binges. Social awareness cues—like the "seen-by" list on Instagram Stories—enslave us to obsessive, ouroboric usage patterns. (Blink twice if you've ever closed Instagram, only to re-open it reflexively.) Our devices, apps, and platforms, experts  increasingly   warn , have been engineered to capture our attention and ingrain habits that are (it seems self evident) less than healthy. Unless, that is, you're talking about fitness trackers. For years, the problem with Fitbits, Garmins, Apple Watches, and their ilk has been that they aren't addictive  enough . About  one third  of people who buy fitness trackers stop using them within six months, and  more than half  eventually abandon them altogether. As for that guy at work whose Fitbit appears to be bionically integrated with his wrist,