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SEGMENT REPORTING (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2011
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from External Customers	$ 5,900	$ 4,107	$ 10,135	$ 7,202
Intersegment Revenue	0	0	0	0
Segment gross profit (loss)	1,578	1,347	2,789	2,521
Segment depreciation and amortization	364	197	656	400
Segment net income (loss) before income taxes	(2,746)	(1,096)	(5,571)	(2,347)
Energy & Security Sonar Solutions Segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from External Customers	3,419	2,006	6,182	4,032
Intersegment Revenue	0	0	0	0
Segment gross profit (loss)	1,337	673	2,297	1,386
Segment depreciation and amortization	58	48	116	98
Segment net income (loss) before income taxes	421	(239)	581	(270)
GridSense segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from External Customers	989	1,499	1,907	2,140
Intersegment Revenue	0	0	0	0
Segment gross profit (loss)	473	726	817	996
Segment depreciation and amortization	93	91	189	180
Segment net income (loss) before income taxes	(858)	(236)	(2,057)	(1,058)
USSI segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from External Customers	962	205	1,083	248
Intersegment Revenue	0	0	0	0
Segment gross profit (loss)	(394)	(288)	(605)	(297)
Segment depreciation and amortization	83	52	153	109
Segment net income (loss) before income taxes	(2,087)	(738)	(3,802)	(1,254)
Power Generation Monitoring segment [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from External Customers	172	0	301	0
Intersegment Revenue	0	0	0	0
Segment gross profit (loss)	3	0	49	0
Segment depreciation and amortization	89	0	132	0
Segment net income (loss) before income taxes	(219)	0	(228)	0
All Other Segments [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue from External Customers	358	397	662	782
Intersegment Revenue	0	0	0	0
Segment gross profit (loss)	159	236	231	436
Segment depreciation and amortization	41	6	66	13
Segment net income (loss) before income taxes	$ (3)	$ 117	$ (65)	$ 235

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Amount of revenue from external customers for the reportable segment. Such disclosure is presented if the amount is: (a) included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 131

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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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Amount of revenue from transactions with other operating segments of the same entity.

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