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Loans Payable (Details Textual) - USD ($)									1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Loans Payable (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Dec. 28, 2015	Dec. 22, 2015	Oct. 26, 2015	Oct. 15, 2015	Oct. 15, 2015	Jun. 23, 2015	May. 20, 2015	Feb. 18, 2015	Feb. 18, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Jul. 31, 2015
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount										$ 3,184,506
Terms of warrant							5 years	5 years	5 years
Common stock, shares issued							935,210	1,515,152	1,515,152	64,224	46,218
Conversion price price per share								$ 0.49	$ 0.49
Debt interest					17.00%		14.00%
Debt cash								12.00%	12.00%
common stock price per share							$ 0.30	$ 0.38	$ 0.38
Maturity date									Aug. 18, 2016
Exchange of common stock, Shares											$ 10,775,000
Fair value of warrants on the issuance										$ (1,081,000)	$ (1,127,000)
Other Debt [Member] \| Mill City Ventures III, Ltd. [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Terms of warrant									5 years
Common stock, shares issued								1,515,152	1,515,152
Debt interest									14.00%
Debt cash								12.00%	12.00%
Debt principal								2.00%	2.00%
common stock price per share								$ 0.38	$ 0.38
Sale of secured amount									$ 1,000,000
December 2015 Secured Convertible Promissory Notes [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount	$ 1,250,000
Terms of warrant	5 years	5 years
Common stock, shares issued	2,232,143	1,750,000
Conversion price price per share	$ 0.28	$ 0.28
common stock price per share	$ 0.28
Commission	$ 77,000
Maturity date	Apr. 15, 2017
Fair value of warrants on the issuance	$ 361,000
October 2015 Secured Convertible Promissory Notes [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount			$ 300,000	$ 500,000	$ 500,000
Terms of warrant			5 years	5 years
Common stock, shares issued			535,714	892,857	892,857	184,688
Debt interest				14.00%	14.00%
common stock price per share			$ 0.28	$ 0.28	$ 0.28
Commission			$ 15,000	$ 25,000
Maturity date					Apr. 15, 2017
Sale of secured amount					$ 500,000
Fair value of warrants on the issuance			$ 61,000	66,000
October 2015 Secured Convertible Promissory Notes [Member] \| CEO [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount				$ 400,000	$ 400,000
Terms of warrant					5 years
Common stock, shares issued				267,857	267,857
Debt interest					14.00%
common stock price per share				$ 0.30	$ 0.30
Sale of secured amount					$ 400,000
Fair value of warrants on the issuance				$ 32,000
June 2015 Secured Convertible Promissory Notes [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Terms of warrant						5 years	5 years
Common stock, shares issued						640,000	762,295
Debt interest						14.00%	14.00%
Debt cash							12.00%
Debt principal							2.00%
common stock price per share						$ 0.30	$ 0.30
Maturity date							Aug. 18, 2016
Sale of secured amount							$ 465,000
Converted amount							$ 585,000
Accrued unpaid interest							25.00%
Exchange of common stock, Shares						$ 16,000	$ 24,000
Exchange of common stock, Value						75,000	109,688
Additional debt discount						$ 16,500	$ 24,000
Fair value of warrants on the issuance							$ 177,000
Demand Promissory Notes One [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount												$ 100,000
Debt cash												1.00%
Demand Promissory Notes One [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount												$ 50,000
Debt cash												1.00%
Demand Promissory Notes Three [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount												$ 50,000
Debt cash												1.00%
12/28/2015 [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount										$ 150,000,000
Debt interest										14.00%
Debt cash										12.00%
Debt principal										2.00%
12/28/2015 [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount										$ 500,000,000
Debt interest										14.00%
Debt cash										12.00%
Debt principal										2.00%
12/28/2015 [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount										$ 600,000,000
Debt interest										14.00%
Debt cash										12.00%
Debt principal										2.00%
10/26/2015 [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount										$ 300,000,000
Debt interest										14.00%
Debt cash										12.00%
Debt principal										2.00%
10/15/2015 [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount										$ 150,000,000
Debt interest										14.00%
Debt cash										12.00%
Debt principal										2.00%
10/15/2015 [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount										$ 500,000,000
Debt interest										14.00%
Debt cash										12.00%
Debt principal										2.00%
6/23/2015 [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount										$ 400,000,000
Debt interest										14.00%
Debt cash										12.00%
Debt principal										2.00%
6/23/2015 [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount										$ 119,506,000
Debt interest										14.00%
Debt cash										12.00%
Debt principal										2.00%
5/20/2015 [Member]
Loans Payable (Textual)
Aggregate principal amount										$ 465,000,000
Debt interest										14.00%