KITT has a sense of humor

Knight OS enhanced Factoid Calls, Contexually based conversation and tho...

Any cool videos on how your Turboboost works KITT?

here we ask KITT if he has any cool vidceos on how his turbo boost works and then later ask specifcally how it works and KITT punches up a factoid on the 2nd screen for us. BONUS: "Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria"

KITT has question & concerns plus: "the little computer gadget"

#KITT has questions and concerns. Any problems or questions KITT has he will ask them when it's convenient. Plus BONUS: "the little computer gadget" Scenario. If Michael refers to KITT as "the little computer gadget" and someone says something that got a reaction out of KITT if they did not know he could speak and were surprised enough to say: "who said that?" KITT would respond with: "I did.... the little computer gadget" But ONLY if he was refered to in that context by Michael yeah, don't try that one at home kiddies lol

KITT Reporting Sensor Malfunction

K.I.T.T. reacts to just sounds he hears

KITT's stinky trash cans scenario and Michael suddenly went quiet scenario

Are You Self Aware KITT Session II

Door lock Indicator LEDs Vid 01

Knight OS Promo Video Final 1080p V02

OK, I lied, this is the final version ;) Knight OS Promo Video Final Version. Thunder Road Video #KnightOS #KnightOSpromoVideo #KnightOSdashSoftware #KnightOSKITTsoftware #KnightRiderSoftware #KnightRiderDashSoftware

My First K.I.T.T. Painting

 

I've never tried to paint a picture of a car before, but being that my K.I.T.T. is not only the first car I have ever owned it seemed a fitting inspiration to do a first attempt. Overall I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, I especially like the way the front nose turned out. I had good reference pictures to work from that I had taken over the summer out at one of my favorite spots here in Winnipeg called 'Airforce Way' out by the C.F.B. Base close to the Airport.

This 31 1/2" X 24" inch canvas was done in acrylics. I'm happy enough with it that I may do another one in the future.

Winnipeg Comiccon 2022

Winnipeg Comic Con 2022

WINNIPEG COMICCON

KITTs Hand Painted Sign

 Seeing how this is KITT's first ever public appearance and he is still very much a work in progress I want to make that perfectly clear because I personally feel that my KITT is nowhere near ready but, I got booked so I'll just have to deal with it, all the little nitpicky things I want to have fixed but will just have to wait. But anyways, for what it's worth I figured I'd make a hand painted sign and make it clear that my KITT is a work in progress.

But KITT will be at the upcoming Winnipeg Comic Con at the Convention Center 28th to 30th
KITT (Knight Rider) - Winnipeg Comiccon (comicconwinnipeg.com)

What A Summer

 

What a summer this has been, last fall I got this beautiful 85 Firebird to use as my summer daily driver, I figure best to practice in the same kind of car as KITT. Any ways, first I had to get a lot of work done on her to make her road ready, some over $15,00. worth of body work, still needs a little more, minor stuff really, then a safety inspection, that cost another $25,00. and then a few surprise repairs while just out road testing. She mostly needs cosmetic and some minor mechanical stuff done but I have to say, she's in better shape than I am lol

I have to thank Ron and his team over at T-Mac Auto Services over on Ness Ave. for all of their fine work helping me get her on the road. I got her registered as a collectors vehicle so I have nice yellow collectors plates on her.

There's a lot more work I want to do on her. I got a new fiberglass Head Liner from Joe Penko that I just need to get the fabric for. I want to install a dash camera and back-up camera, GPS and some other modern goodies. I might even add some Knight Rider parts like an upper and lower console, have not decided yet??

I so need to loose weight lol like I say she's in better shape than I am ;)

I've got to get out more, walking, bike ridding, not so much driving but only having just got my drivers license last year I wanted to take advantage of the short summer moths as much as possible. So I got out to a few of my favorite old haunts which was very nostalgic for me.

Also had to spend some money and time getting the car port finished so in the winter I can keep her out of the elements.

This is an old photo of the car port under construction just last fall, it's more complete now so I'll have to take new pictures of it. My sweetie and I call this Firebird "KATT" I guess you could say it stands for "Knight Agencies 2000" lol. So we have KITT and KATT ;) Yeah kind of whacky I know.

Speaking of KITT, yeah he's been unfortunately mothballed while I got KATT road ready and with Covid in full swing it has not been easy either financially or socially to get my team together and get KITT all fixed up. which is nothing really, all he needs is his seals changed and put back together, but I've just had no time or opportunity this summer, we'll se how next summer goes depending on how much I spend on KATT. In any event it's just been nice finally being able to drive an 80's Firebird ;)

Giving KITT Even More Of A Free Will

One of the things I liked most about KITT in Knight Rider was his ability to act entirely on his own. Many of you may know I have several scenarios where my KITT can do that... well, maybe you don't know?? I'm under the impression nobody reads my blog posts, they are more for me really anyways just so that I have a complete record of everything I am doing with this project from start to "finish," I like that word "finish" because it implies that I may actually be done with this project at some point, and I have to laugh at that because I'm constantly thinking of new things that I know are possible and I want to do them it always just comes down to that steep learning curve of self teaching myself "How to do it."... Anyways I kind of got off topic there, my mind does tend to wander ;) Anyways, as I was saying I always liked the idea that KITT could act on his own and in the past I have built in many scenarios where based on certain conditions KITT seems to do just that. I've come up with other ways to give KITT more of a free will based on numerous scenarios and conditions, even a bit of a "moral compass" if you will, based on simply "Is something moral or legal" as it's pretty much a black and white situation with little grey area, which also can be pretty clearly defined. So I kind of figure in our minds we have a list or lists of "Do's and Don'ts" just as an example, so giving KITT the same sort of list so to speak to check on any given scenarios gives KITT a little more information to not only better form a response but also act accordingly given a particular scenario.

A rough example would be something like:

"Hey KITT"
"What Michael?"
"Let's blow some red lights pal"
"That's illegal Michael"

KITT's normal response is pretty "Canned" in that although he responds from a random array, his response's have still been pretty much "Pre-determined." But giving KITT a list of things he can check on his own to see if something exist on that list now gives him the ability to make a more informed response instead of a "canned" one. On the outside you would never really notice much difference really, I just like the idea that he's responding based on more information than just a random response array ;) 

Knight O.S. Launcher Is Done

The Knight O.S. Software launcher is completed, now all that needs to be done for the Beta Release is the Installer. As you can see from the picture above the launcher has two options. Option one allows the user to open the PDF Manual, opening the PDF Manual will leave the application launcher window open. Option two will launch the Knight O.S. software, this action opens the Unity3D build and the Voice server app at the same time. The voice server app runs in the background in the system tray whereas the Knight O.S. Unity3D build will open to full screen. Clicking on the "Launch" button will close the application launcher window.

Next I'll be looking into creating the Installer application that will install the knight O.S. software, launcher and necessary Desktop Folders for the user to easily access their Music files and Surveillance Photos captured by K.I.T.T. 

K.I.T.T.s Brain CPU Is Fast Becoming A Reality

I never would have thought this would happen a good few years ago when I first started my Knight Rider build. I mean I knew it was possible but just never thought I'd be actually making it. I've had some great help from Anthony Giannakis on Face Book in helping design the Top Effects board that fits over top of the Mini PC. But it's fast becoming a reality. Although you can't see it here the Mini PC is stuffed in under the Knight O.S. top effects PCB. given the size of the mini PC there is lots of room inside of the Brain Box.

K.I.T.T. Will Be There!!