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GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS [Abstract] |
Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block] | The changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill by segment from December 31, 2012 to September 30, 2013 were as follows:
|  | Energy & Security Sonar Solutions segment |  | GridSense segment |  | USSI segment |  | Power Generation Monitoring segment |  | Cathodic Protection segment* |  | Total
Balance as of December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 541 |  |  | $ | 2,757 |  |  | $ | 1,402 |  |  | $ | 1,517 |  |  | $ | 413 |  |  | $ | 6,630 |
Impairment |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,517 | ) |  | (413 | ) |  | (1,930 | )
Translation adjustment |  | 29 |  |  | (232 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (203 | )
Balance as of September 30, 2013 |  | $ | 570 |  |  | $ | 2,525 |  |  | $ | 1,402 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,497 |
Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block] | The changes in the carrying amounts and accumulated amortization of intangible assets from December 31, 2012 to September 30, 2013 were as follows:
|  | Energy & Security Sonar Solutions segment |  | GridSense segment |  | USSI segment |  | Power Generation Monitoring segment |  | Cathodic Protection segment** |  |
|  | Cost |  | A.A.* |  | Cost |  | A.A.* |  | Cost |  | A.A.* |  | Cost |  | A.A.* |  | Cost |  | A.A.* |  | Total
Balance as of December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 532 |  |  | $ | (364 | ) |  | $ | 2,777 |  |  | $ | (873 | ) |  | $ | 2,715 |  |  | $ | (380 | ) |  | $ | 4,385 |  |  | $ | (309 | ) |  | $ | 1,196 |  |  | $ | (118 | ) |  | $ | 9,561 |
Impairment |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (3,824 | ) |  | — |  |  | (977 | ) |  | — |  |  | (4,801 | )
Amortization |  | — |  |  | (61 | ) |  | — |  |  | (206 | ) |  | — |  |  | (113 | ) |  | — |  |  | (252 | ) |  | — |  |  | (101 | ) |  | (733 | )
Translation adjustment |  | 30 |  |  | (26 | ) |  | (142 | ) |  | 47 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (91 | )
Balance as of September 30, 2013 |  | $ | 562 |  |  | $ | (451 | ) |  | $ | 2,635 |  |  | $ | (1,032 | ) |  | $ | 2,715 |  |  | $ | (493 | ) |  | $ | 561 |  |  | $ | (561 | ) |  | $ | 219 |  |  | $ | (219 | ) |  | $ | 3,936 |
Weighted average estimated useful lives in years |  | 6 |  | 10 |  | 20 |  |  |  |  |  |
Composition of finite lived intangibles by class [Table Text Block] | The composition of intangibles in each of the Company's segments are as follows (following the third quarter 2013 impairment charge):
Segment |  | Type of Intangible
Energy & Security Sonar Solutions |  | Naval technologies
GridSense |  | Software, customer relationships and trade name
USSI |  | Sensor technologies and license
Power Generation Monitoring |  | Technologies
Cathodic Protection* |  | Technologies
* The Cathodic Protection segment is included in "Other" in Segment Reporting (see Note 10).

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