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Loans Payable - 37 North - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2023	Dec. 27, 2023	Aug. 14, 2022	Aug. 01, 2022	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Debt Conversion, Description					At any time from 31 days after the maturity date, 37N has the option to convert all or a portion of the outstanding amount of the indebtedness into conversion shares equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (A) 120% of the amount of the indebtedness, by (B) the lower of $3.66 or 70% of the 10-day volume-weighted average principal (“VWAP”) market trading price of Common Stock.
Shares Outstanding Post Conversion | %					19.90%
Percentage of outstanding voting securities					19.90%
Percentage of payment of unpaid principal amount			115.00%	112.50%	108.00%
Debt Instrument, maturity date, Description			From the maturity date to 29 days after the maturity date (August 27, 2023), we were permitted to repay all (but not less than) of an amount equal to 112.5% of the unpaid amount of the indebtedness.	At any time after the 30th day after the maturity date (August 28, 2023), we are permitted to repay all (but not less than) of an amount equal to 115% of the unpaid amount of the indebtedness after 10 days’ notice.
Exercise notice period					10 days
Percentage of number of shares issued after exercise notice					19.90%
Percentage of payment of unpaid principal amount after exercise notice					130.00%
Conversion of stock, shares issued					0	1,000,000
Debt instrument, fair value disclosure					$ 804,997
Embedded derivative, fair value of embedded derivative liability					336,857		$ 702,291
Loans Payable [Member]
Debt instrument, fair value disclosure							804,997
Embedded derivative, fair value of embedded derivative liability					$ 336,857		$ 702,291
Thirty Seven North [Member]
Debt instrument, convertible, if-converted value in excess of principal		$ 360,003
Conversion price of Notes	$ 2.3226
Thirty Seven North [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Conversion of stock, shares issued	155,000
Note Purchase Agreement [Member] | Convertible Debt [Member]
Aggregate amount issuable								$ 1,000,000

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