Because it runs Ubuntu and has a Kepler GPU, the Manifold plays nice with developer APIs and libraries, parallel processing tools, and robotics platforms, with support for CUDA, OpenCV, ROS, DirectX, and OpenGL. DJI believes this combination will allow developers to build "artificial intelligence applications" for drones. It specifically calls out computer vision (the CV in OpenCV) and deep learning. The long game? Your drone "will not only be able to sense the surrounding environment, but also identify objects and respond in an instant." Manifold goes on sale at $499 today, and will ship November 15th. Of course, if you want to make this flying computer fly, you'll need to shell out the additional $3,299 for the Matrice test drone as well.