The PiPad is the name Michael Castor gave to the Raspberry Pi wood and carbon fiber tablet he built after gathering all the necessary parts. “It seems that every day a manufacturer comes out with a new tablet computer. Thinner, lighter, faster, but it seems that they all look about the same and accomplish roughly the same thing, Castor wrote on Makezine. “When I set out to build my Raspberry Pi tablet I wanted something different. I wanted an all-in-one system that was usable, portable and Linux-based.” Another factor important to Castor was the actual design of the tablet, as he planned to use the PiPad during flights, without “freaking out” the TSA. Castor ended up choosing Baltic birch plywood
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