Change of Senior Management (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	Mar. 16, 2016	Jan. 28, 2016
Mr. Moore [Member]
Severance payments		$ 425
Mr. Moore [Member] \| February 2016 to January 2017 [Member]
Reimburse cost		$ 17
Reimburse period		12 months
Jan H. Loeb [Member]
Consultant fee		$ 17
Consulting Agreement expiration date		Jan. 07, 2017
Jan H. Loeb [Member] \| Consulting Agreement [Member]
Issuance of warrants to purchase of common stock	35,000
Exercise price of warrants	$ 0.13
Warrants exercisable description	One-fourth of the warrants are immediately exercisable; the remainder becomes exercisable in equal increments on each of June 16, 2016, September 16, 2016 and December 16, 2016. The warrants expire on the earlier of (a) March 16, 2023 and (b) 18 months from the date Mr. Loeb ceases to be a director, officer, employee or consultant of Acorn.

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