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Warrants - Predecessor (Details Textual) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
Warrants - Predecessor (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2013	May 31, 2012	Mar. 31, 2012	Oct. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2017	Apr. 10, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock price per share							$ 3.00
Fair value of warrants
Conversion price issuance of convertible debentures								$ 0.25
Hillair Capital Investments Lp [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Fair value of warrants					$ 0
Issuance of convertible debentures					2,604,651
Conversion price issuance of convertible debentures					$ 0.4488
Warrants exercised, description					The warrants may be exercised at any time on or after June 27, 2013 and expire on June 27, 2018.
Merriman Capital Inc [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock price per share					$ 0.43
Fair value of warrants					$ 8,166
Issuance of convertible debentures					52,093
Conversion price issuance of convertible debentures					$ 0.4488
Next View Capital [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Fair value of warrants						$ 0
Issuance of convertible debentures					651,163
Conversion price issuance of convertible debentures									$ 0.23
Another Investor [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Fair value of warrants						0
Issuance of convertible debentures					260,465
Conversion price issuance of convertible debentures									$ 0.23
2014 Exchange Warrants [Member] \| Hillair Capital Investments Lp [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Fair value of warrants					$ 0
Issuance of convertible debentures					5,107,200
Conversion price issuance of convertible debentures					$ 0.275
Warrants exercised, description					The 2014 Exchange Warrants may be exercised at any time after April 10, 2014 and expire on April 10, 2019.
Frank Casano [Member] \| 2014 Exchange Warrants [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Fair value of warrants					$ 0
Issuance of convertible debentures					2,042,880
Conversion price issuance of convertible debentures					$ 0.275
Warrants exercised, description					The 2014 Exchange Warrants may be exercised at any time after April 10, 2014 and expire on April 10, 2019.
Scott Masterson [Member] \| 2014 Exchange Warrants [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Fair value of warrants					$ 0
Issuance of convertible debentures					510,720
Conversion price issuance of convertible debentures					$ 0.275
Warrants exercised, description					The 2014 Exchange Warrants may be exercised at any time after April 10, 2014 and expire on April 10, 2019.
Convertible Debt [Member] \| Merriman Capital Inc [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Warrant to purchase of common stock					18,233
Common stock price per share					$ 0.43
Fair value of warrants					$ 2,858
Issuance of convertible debentures					18,233
Conversion price issuance of convertible debentures					$ 0.4488
Convertible Debt [Member] \| Frank Casano [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock price per share	$ 0.25
Fair value of warrants	$ 0
Additional shares of common stock issued	1,792,000
Issuance of convertible debentures	1,041,861
Conversion price issuance of convertible debentures	$ 0.4488
Convertible Debt [Member] \| Scott Masterson [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock price per share	$ 0.25
Fair value of warrants	$ 0
Additional shares of common stock issued	448,000
Issuance of convertible debentures	260,465
Conversion price issuance of convertible debentures	$ 0.4488
2014 New Debentures [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Fair value of warrants					$ 0
Issuance of convertible debentures					8,322,000
Conversion price issuance of convertible debentures					$ 0.275
2010 Private Placement [Member] \| Ladenburg Thalmann Co Inc [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Warrant to purchase of common stock				1,044,584
Common stock price per share				$ 0.25
Expiration date of warrant				Oct. 28, 2015
Fair value of warrants						0
2012 Private Placement [Member] \| Ladenburg Thalmann Co Inc [Member]
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]
Warrant to purchase of common stock		29,700	86,323
Common stock price per share		$ 0.35	$ 0.35
Expiration date of warrant		May 22, 2017	Mar. 27, 2017
Fair value of warrants						$ 0
Additional shares of common stock issued		702,872