Other Assets and Amounts Due to / Due From Affiliates (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 27, 2014

Other Assets and Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Abstract]

Equity Method Investments, Summarized Financial Information [Table Text Block]

Summarized financial information for 2012 includes Kobrite for the period ended September 30, 2012 (Kobrite's results are recorded one quarter in arrears) and Intoware's operating results for the six month period January 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012. Summarized financial information for 2013 includes Kobrite for the year ended September 30, 2013 and AZ for the five month period August 1, 2013 through December 28, 2013. As of December 27, 2014, the Company no longer has any equity-method investments with value in the financial statements.



	2013			2012
Current assets	$	7,769,000		$	9,581,000
Noncurrent assets	10,663,000			12,701,000
Current liabilities	1,207,000			1,215,000
Revenues	5,085,000			6,010,000
Margin loss	(2,501,000		)	(2,732,000		)
Loss from operations	(6,114,000		)	(4,938,000		)
Net loss	(5,526,000		)	(5,308,000		)

Equity Method Investments [Table Text Block]

Equity losses in unconsolidated affiliates recorded in the consolidated statement of operations are as follows:



	2014			2013			2012
KoBrite	$	(102,305	)	$	(406,811	)	$	(573,265	)
Intoware	—			—			(106,322		)
Ask Ziggy	$	(284,137	)	$	(218,287	)	$	—
Total	$	(386,442	)	$	(625,098	)	$	(679,587	)

Schedule of Other Assets [Table Text Block]

Other assets consist of the following as of December 27, 2014 and December 28, 2013:



	2014		2013
Marketable Equity Securities
Vuzix Corporation	$	1,500,777	$	1,433,102
GCS Holdings	180,347		—
Non-Marketable Securities—Equity Method Investments
KoBrite	—		1,421,592
Other	219,704		169,764
Total Other Assets	$	1,900,828	$	3,024,458