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Percentage of outstanding principal amount of debt to be repaid with cash.

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The percent of debt amount in computing prepayment of debt fee.

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The number of shares issued in exchange for the original debt being converted in a noncash (or part noncash) transaction. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or payments in the period.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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Threshold period of specified consecutive trading days within which common stock price to conversion price of convertible debt instrument must exceed threshold percentage for specified number of trading days to trigger conversion feature.

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The reference rate for the variable rate of the debt instrument, such as LIBOR or the US Treasury rate and the maturity of the reference rate used, such as three months or six months LIBOR.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Subsequent Events (Details Narrative)	Jan. 16, 2018 USD ($) Number $ / shares shares	Dec. 21, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 21, 2017 USD ($)
Sellers Note [Member] \| ISP Optics Corp [Member]
Carrying amount of debt			$ 5,700,000	$ 5,704,439
Term of payments		5 years
Interest rate		10.00%
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Sellers Note [Member]
Carrying amount of debt	$ 5,707,183
Percent of outstanding debt amount to be converted to Common Class A shares	39.50%
Percent of outstanding debt amount to be paid in cash to seller	60.50%
Accrued interest	$ 20,883
Payment of loan	$ 3,453,582
Stock issued in debt conversion (shares) \| shares	967,208
Conversion price of debt \| $ / shares	$ 2.33
Number of trading days \| Number	5
Loan payment - used cash on hand	$ 600,000
Loan payment - proceeds from term loan	2,900,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Second Amendment to Amend LSA [Member]
Proceeds from advance for term loan	$ 7,294,000
Term of payments	5 years
Interest rate	5.50%
Basis spread on variable rate	2.00%
Interest rate basis	Prime Rate
Excess prepayment amount	$ 2,850,000
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Second Amendment to Amend LSA [Member] \| on or Prior to 1/16/2019 [Member]
Prepayment fee (percent)	0.75%
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Second Amendment to Amend LSA [Member] \| After 1/16/19 but on or before 1/16/2020 [Member]
Prepayment fee (percent)	0.50%
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Second Amendment to Amend LSA [Member] \| After 1/16/20 but on or before 1/16/2021 [Member]
Prepayment fee (percent)	0.25%
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Second Amendment to Amend LSA [Member] \| After 1/16/21 but on or before 1/16/2022 [Member]
Prepayment fee (percent)	0.10%