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Note M - Employment Contract and Consulting Agreements (Details Textual) - USD ($)					1 Months Ended		7 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 09, 2017	Oct. 05, 2017	Dec. 01, 2016	Sep. 01, 2009	Jul. 31, 2017	Jun. 30, 2011	Jul. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price								$ 1.73	$ 1.70
Stock Option Plan 2011 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross						2,000,000
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross								1,006,741	520,337
Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price								$ 1.82	$ 1.79
Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Chief Executive Officer, Employment Agreement Period			1 year	5 years
Chief Executive Officer, Automatic Extended Employment Agreement Period			1 year	1 year
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Compensation Expense			$ 280,000	$ 300,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Purchase Price of Common Stock, Percent				110.00%
Minimum Shareholding Percentage in Company				10.00%
Options Exercisable Period				30 days
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Shares Issued								886,866	855,810
Deferred Compensation Arrangement with Individual, Fair Value of Shares Issued								$ 1,030,875	$ 980,906
Chief Executive Officer [Member] | Employee Stock Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period				5 years
Chief Executive Officer [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Accrued Bonuses, Current				$ 400,000
President and Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period					5 years
Employment Agreement Term					3 years
Employment Agreement, Base Compensation					$ 300,000
Employment Agreement, Maximum Bonuses					$ 400,000
President and Chief Executive Officer [Member] | Non-qualified Stock Options [Member] | Stock Option Plan 2011 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period					5 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross							921,942
Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price							$ 2
Previous President and Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Employment Agreement Term					10 years
Employment Agreement, Base Compensation					$ 300,000
Employment Agreement, Base Compensation, Cash					100,000
Employment Agreement, Base Compensation, Common Stock Value					$ 200,000
Consulting Agreement, Term					10 years
Consulting Agreement, Annual Payment					$ 100,000
Interim Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Employment Agreement, Base Compensation		$ 200,000
Employment Agreement, Base Compensation, Common Stock Value		$ 100,000
Employment Agreement, One-Time Bonus	$ 25,000

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