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12. DARPA CONTRACT AND RELATED REVENUE RECOGNITION (Details Narrative) (USD $)	12 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012 Integer	Sep. 30, 2012 Sixth Milestone [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Seventh Milestone [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Eighth Milestone [Member]
Revenue Recognition, Milestone Method [Line Items]
Number Of Milestones Under Year One Contract	8
Number Of Milestones Achieved Under Year One Contract	5
Revenue Recognition, Milestone Method, Revenue Recognized		$ 216,747	$ 183,367	$ 216,747

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 605

-SubTopic 28

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=19771982&loc=SL6892177-166501

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