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Note 3 - Investment Write-down	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements
Cost-method Investments, Description [Text Block]	3. Investment Write-down – In the quarter ended March 31, 2016, we recorded an impairment charge of $700,000 to reduce the carrying value of our minority equity ownership in Lumense, Inc., an early stage sensor technology company, to $50,000. Given Lumense’s limited funding to support its operation and product development, we are not comfortable assigning a higher realizable value to our investment in Lumense at this point and therefore believe an impairment charge is prudent and required.

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The entire disclosure for investments accounted for under the cost-method. The carrying amount of such investments may be adjusted, for example, distributions in excess of cost (return of capital) or for other-than-temporary impairments. The cost method and lower-of-cost or market, an adaptation of the cost method, is generally followed for most investments in noncontrolled corporations, in some corporate joint ventures, and to a lesser extent in unconsolidated subsidiaries in which the entity does not have the ability to exercise significant influence.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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