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Loans from Directors (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			6 Months Ended
	Feb. 16, 2017	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Debt repayment date	Apr. 30, 2018
Accrued interest rate	12.50%
Preferred Stock [Member]
Dividend payable			$ 50	$ 115
Addition to the loan balance			50
DSIT Solutions, Ltd [Member]
Company's holdings in DSIT	41.20%
Omni Metrix Holdings, Inc. [Member]
Interest acquired by one of the company's directors		20.00%
Purchase of preferred stock		1,000
Holdings in OmniMetrix, LLC		100.00%
Investment by director		$ 1,000
Preferred stock, dividend rate		10.00%
After February 15, 2018 [Member]
Accrued interest rate	16.50%
Board Of Directors [Member]
Secured commitment from related party	$ 1,900
Immediately funded loan amount	900
Funded amount	900
Director [Member]
Interest acquired by one of the company's directors				8.00%
Loan payable				$ 115
Director [Member] | Omni Metrix Holdings, Inc. [Member]
Loan payable				50
Director [Member] | Director Loans to OmniMetrix [Member]
Accrued interest				$ 7
Director [Member] | On Or After July 7, 2017 [Member]
Commitment to loan up to that amount	$ 1,000
Debt instrument maturity description	maturity date no earlier than April 2018
Director Loans [Member]
Accrued interest			41
Addition to the loan balance			$ 50
Directors [Member]
Debt instrument maturity description			maturity date the later of April 30, 2018 or 90 days following the advance of a new loan.

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