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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended |  |  | 12 Months Ended |  | 12 Months Ended |  | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012 | Aug. 13, 2012 | Dec. 31, 2013 Accounts Receivable [Member] Customer Concentration Risk [Member] Customer | Dec. 31, 2012 Accounts Receivable [Member] Customer Concentration Risk [Member] Customer | Dec. 31, 2013 Total revenue [Member] Customer Concentration Risk [Member] Customer | Dec. 31, 2012 Total revenue [Member] Customer Concentration Risk [Member] Customer | Dec. 31, 2012 Total revenue [Member] Customer Concentration Risk [Member] SG Brazil [Member] | Dec. 31, 2013 Total cost of revenue [Member] Vendor Concentration Risk- Related Party [Member] Customer | Dec. 31, 2012 Total cost of revenue [Member] Vendor Concentration Risk- Related Party [Member] Customer | Dec. 31, 2013 Total cost of revenue [Member] Vendor Concentration Risk - Unrelated Party [Member] Customer | Dec. 31, 2013 Equipment [Member] | Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member] | Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member] Computer and Software [Member] | Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum [Member] | Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum [Member] Computer and Software [Member]
Summary of significant accounting policies (Textual) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Term of company's operating cycle | The length of the Company's contracts varies, but is typically between six to twelve months. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Warranty offered on completed contracts by Company | 1 year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of accounts receivable, received in advance | 75.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maximum factoring agreement amount |  |  | $ 1,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Factoring discount fees |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.50% |  | 7.50% |
Extended term of factoring agreement | 1 year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Description of expiry date of factoring agreement | The agreement originally expired January 2013 and was automatically extended for a one year period. The agreement will continue to automatically extend for successive periods of one year unless either party formally cancels. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Work in process inventory | $ 34,052 | $ 48,011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Estimated useful lives |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5 years |  | 3 years |  | 5 years
Amortization period of deferred loan costs | Over 18 months. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividend yield | 0.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Concentration risk, percentage |  |  |  | 87.00% | 59.00% | 57.00% | 74.00% | 19.00% | 31.00% | 52.00% | 27.00% |  |  |  |  |
Number of customers |  |  |  | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |  | 1 | 1 | 1 |  |  |  |  |

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