9. Stock Based Compensation	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Stock Based Compensation	During 2016, the Company granted 261,000 options to purchase the Company’s common stock from the Mechanical Technology Incorporated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (2014 Plan), which generally vest 25% on each of the first four anniversaries of the date of the award. The exercise price of these options is $0.78 per share and was based on the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. Using a Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model, the weighted average fair value of these options is $0.74 per share and was estimated at the date of grant. These options became immediately vested in conjunction with the change in control provision (as defined in the 2014 Plan) as a result of the Brookstone Partners Acquisition XXIV, LLC purchase of shares of our common stock on October 21, 2016. During 2016, the Company granted 2,000 options to purchase the Company’s common stock from the Mechanical Technology Incorporated 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, which generally vest 25% on each of the first four anniversaries of the date of the award. The exercise price of these options is $0.78 per share and was based on the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. Using a Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model, the weighted average fair value of these options is $0.74 per share and was estimated at the date of grant.

9. Stock Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

During 2016, the Company granted 261,000 options to purchase the Company’s common stock from the Mechanical Technology Incorporated 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (2014 Plan), which generally vest 25% on each of the first four anniversaries of the date of the award. The exercise price of these options is $0.78 per share and was based on the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. Using a Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model, the weighted average fair value of these options is $0.74 per share and was estimated at the date of grant. These options became immediately vested in conjunction with the change in control provision (as defined in the 2014 Plan) as a result of the Brookstone Partners Acquisition XXIV, LLC purchase of shares of our common stock on October 21, 2016.

During 2016, the Company granted 2,000 options to purchase the Company’s common stock from the Mechanical Technology Incorporated 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, which generally vest 25% on each of the first four anniversaries of the date of the award. The exercise price of these options is $0.78 per share and was based on the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. Using a Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model, the weighted average fair value of these options is $0.74 per share and was estimated at the date of grant.