Loans from Directors	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Loans from Directors	NOTE 5—Loans from Directors (a) Director Loans to Acorn On February 16, 2017, the Company secured commitments for $1,900 in funding in the form of loans from members of the Company’s Board of Directors, including $900 immediately funded. Acorn expects to repay the loans, which mature at the end of April 2018 and accrue interest at the rate of 12.5% (16.5% after February 15, 2018) per annum, payable at maturity, with proceeds from a future sale of its 41.2% ownership in its DSIT Solutions Ltd. affiliate. In addition to the $900 already funded, one of the Company’s directors agreed to loan up to an additional $1,000 to the Company on or after July 7, 2017 on substantially identical terms as the currently funded loans. The amount of any such additional financing would be reduced to the extent that other additional liquidity is provided to the Company in the form of loans from the directors or other lenders with a maturity date no earlier than April 2018, or from any net proceeds from the sale by the Company of any of its DSIT shares. The Company is required to apply the net proceeds from the sale of any of its DSIT shares in repayment of the principal of the directors’ loans and all interest accrued. If all or part of the principal or interest remains unpaid after the maturity date, then each of the lending directors may with the consent of the Company, convert such overdue amounts into common stock of OmniMetrix Holdings Inc. (see below) based on an independent valuation to be obtained at the time of such conversion. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company accrued $41 of interest with respect to these director loans. (b) Director Investment and Loans to OmniMetrix In 2015, one of the Company’s directors acquired a 20% interest in the Company’s OmniMetrix Holdings, Inc. subsidiary (“Holdings”) through the purchase of $1,000 of OmniMetrix Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”). Holdings is the holder of 100% of the membership interests OmniMetrix, LLC through which the Company operates its Power Generation and Corrosion Protection monitoring activities. The $1,000 investment by the director has been recorded as an increase in non-controlling interests. A dividend of 10% per annum accrues on the Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on the first anniversary of the funding of the investment and quarterly thereafter for so long as the Preferred Stock is outstanding and has not been converted to Common Stock. Through December 31, 2016, a dividend payable of $115 was recorded with respect to the Preferred Stock. On December 31, 2016, the director agreed to treat the $115 of accrued dividends as a loan to OmniMetrix which bears interest at 8% per year. Such loan is in addition to the $50 loan given by the director to OmniMetrix in December of 2016. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, $50 of dividends accrued on the Preferred Stock and were added to the loan balance. All amounts due (principal and interest) are due the later of April 30, 2018 or 90 days following the advance of a new loan (quarterly dividend accrual). During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company accrued $7 of interest with respect to these director loans.

Loans from Directors

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

NOTE 5—Loans from Directors

(a) Director Loans to Acorn

On February 16, 2017, the Company secured commitments for $1,900 in funding in the form of loans from members of the Company’s Board of Directors, including $900 immediately funded. Acorn expects to repay the loans, which mature at the end of April 2018 and accrue interest at the rate of 12.5% (16.5% after February 15, 2018) per annum, payable at maturity, with proceeds from a future sale of its 41.2% ownership in its DSIT Solutions Ltd. affiliate.

In addition to the $900 already funded, one of the Company’s directors agreed to loan up to an additional $1,000 to the Company on or after July 7, 2017 on substantially identical terms as the currently funded loans. The amount of any such additional financing would be reduced to the extent that other additional liquidity is provided to the Company in the form of loans from the directors or other lenders with a maturity date no earlier than April 2018, or from any net proceeds from the sale by the Company of any of its DSIT shares. The Company is required to apply the net proceeds from the sale of any of its DSIT shares in repayment of the principal of the directors’ loans and all interest accrued. If all or part of the principal or interest remains unpaid after the maturity date, then each of the lending directors may with the consent of the Company, convert such overdue amounts into common stock of OmniMetrix Holdings Inc. (see below) based on an independent valuation to be obtained at the time of such conversion. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company accrued $41 of interest with respect to these director loans.

(b) Director Investment and Loans to OmniMetrix

In 2015, one of the Company’s directors acquired a 20% interest in the Company’s OmniMetrix Holdings, Inc. subsidiary (“Holdings”) through the purchase of $1,000 of OmniMetrix Preferred Stock (“Preferred Stock”). Holdings is the holder of 100% of the membership interests OmniMetrix, LLC through which the Company operates its Power Generation and Corrosion Protection monitoring activities. The $1,000 investment by the director has been recorded as an increase in non-controlling interests.

A dividend of 10% per annum accrues on the Preferred Stock. The dividend is payable on the first anniversary of the funding of the investment and quarterly thereafter for so long as the Preferred Stock is outstanding and has not been converted to Common Stock. Through December 31, 2016, a dividend payable of $115 was recorded with respect to the Preferred Stock. On December 31, 2016, the director agreed to treat the $115 of accrued dividends as a loan to OmniMetrix which bears interest at 8% per year. Such loan is in addition to the $50 loan given by the director to OmniMetrix in December of 2016. During the six months ended June 30, 2017, $50 of dividends accrued on the Preferred Stock and were added to the loan balance. All amounts due (principal and interest) are due the later of April 30, 2018 or 90 days following the advance of a new loan (quarterly dividend accrual). During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company accrued $7 of interest with respect to these director loans.