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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) Customer Vendor unrelatedVendor	Sep. 30, 2015 Customer Vendor	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) Customer Vendor unrelatedVendor	Sep. 30, 2015 Customer Vendor unrelatedVendor	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Customer
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.
Dividend yield			0.00%
Warranty offered on completed contracts by company			1 year
Inventory work-in-process	$ 138,427		$ 138,427		$ 158,181
Bankruptcy proceedings, description			Intangible assets represent the preliminary assets identified upon emergence from bankruptcy and consist of $2,766,000 of proprietary knowledge and technology which is being amortized over 20 years and $1,113,000 of customer contracts which is being amortized over 2.5 years.
Accumulated amortization and amortization expense			$ 145,875
Successor [Member]
Summary of significant accounting policies (Textual)
Accumulated amortization and amortization expense	$ 145,875
Accounts Receivable [Member]
Summary of significant accounting policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage			68.00%		74.00%
Number of customers \| Customer			2		2
Revenue [Member] \| Customer One [Member]
Summary of significant accounting policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage	73.00%	19.00%	36.00%	25.00%
Number of customers \| Customer	2	1	2	4
Revenue [Member] \| Customer Two [Member]
Summary of significant accounting policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage	12.00%		35.00%	18.00%
Revenue [Member] \| Customer Three [Member]
Summary of significant accounting policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage				13.00%
Revenue [Member] \| Customer Four [Member]
Summary of significant accounting policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage				12.00%
Costs of Revenue [Member] \| Vendor Related Party[Member]
Summary of significant accounting policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage	53.00%	91.00%	37.00%	45.00%
Number of vendors \| Vendor	1	1	1	1
Costs of Revenue [Member] \| Vendors Unrelated Party [Member]
Summary of significant accounting policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage	11.00%		30.00%	24.00%
Number of vendors \| unrelatedVendor	1		1	1