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12. Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $) | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 70 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Oct. 25, 2012 Waste Heat Solutions | Oct. 25, 2012 Waste Heat Solutions | Oct. 25, 2012 Shares 500,000 Waste Heat Solutions | Dec. 31, 2012 Consulting Agreement | Mar. 31, 2013 Consulting Agreement Subsequent Event | Feb. 28, 2013 Consulting Agreement Subsequent Event
Intercompany agreements, description | On September 29, 2011, the Company entered into a license agreement (the "License Agreement") with Newton Investments BV. Pursuant to the License Agreement, Newton will, for a period of 10 years, hold the exclusive manufacturing and distribution rights for the Systems in the 27 countries which are currently members of the European Union, subject to Newton's achieving minimum sales of at least 100 Systems per year beginning in the second year of the License Agreement, payment of a royalty equal to 20% of the gross sales price of each System sold, and other terms and conditions set forth in the License Agreement. Due to ongoing technical problems with the Company's Systems, the Company has deferred commencement of the minimum sales requirement until the problems are resolved. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Intercompany agreement royalty rate | 20.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Consulting fee |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 7,500 | $ 5,000
Period of option in year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10 years |
Number of warrants issued in connection with this consulting agreement |  | 100,000 | 100,000 | 1,950,000 |  | 500,000 |  |  |  |  |
Exercise price of warrants |  |  | $ 0.56 | $ 0.91 |  |  | $ 0.56 |  |  |  |
Fair value of the fully vested option recorded as general and administrative expenses |  |  | 978,818 | 1,628,739 | 3,650,430 |  |  |  | 182,000 |  |
Fair value of the fully vested option |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 182,000 |  |
Fair value of the fully vested option recorded as research and development expense |  |  | $ 1,321,214 | $ 994,619 | $ 3,328,894 |  |  |  | $ 61,000 | $ 121,000 |
Consulting agreement and terms |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | On October 25, 2012, the Company entered into a consulting agreement with Hank Leibowitz, the principal of Waste Heat Solutions, LLC, an expert with 39 years' experience in the field of advanced energy systems. Pursuant to this consulting agreement, which is terminable by either party on 30 days' notice, the Company pays Waste Heat Solutions, $5,000 per month through February 2013 and $7,500 per month thereafter. In connection with this consulting agreement, the Company issued to Waste Heat Solutions (i) a fully vested 10-year option to purchase 500,000 shares of common stock at $.56 per share and (ii) a 10-year option, vesting six months from the contract date, i.e., on April 25, 2013, to purchase an additional 500,000 shares at $.56 per share. The fair value of the fully vested option was approximately $182,000 and was recorded as general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations during 2012. The fair value of the option vesting six months from the contract date was approximately $182,000 of which approximately $61,000 was recorded as research and development expense in the consolidated statement of operations during 2012. The remaining unrecognized expense of approximately $121,000 will be recognized as research and development expense during 2013. |  |  |

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