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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 22, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) Customer Vendor	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) Vendor	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($) Customer Vendor	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) Customer	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) Customer
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Intangible assets identified 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. In addition, intangible assets include trademarks of $28,820, which is being amortized over 5 years.
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				1 year
Estimated useful lives				5 years
Intangible assets trademarks		$ 28,820		$ 28,820
Accumulated amortization		1,174,205	$ 584,941	1,174,205	$ 584,941
Amortization expense		147,316	$ 147,316	294,632	$ 293,191
Remaining unsatisfied performance obligations		102,871,255		102,871,255
Corporate tax rate, description	The TCJA lowered the corporate tax rate from 35.0% to 21.0% and imposed a one-time transition tax on unremitted earnings as of the end of 2017, and featured many other tax law provisions.
Short-term investment						$ 30,033
Accounts receivable [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage				69.00%		81.00%
Number of customers \| Customer						2
Number of vendors \| Vendor				2
Accounts receivable [Member] \| Customer one [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage			38.00%		47.00%
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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage			35.00%		18.00%
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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage			22.00%		13.00%
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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage				48.00%
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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Textual)
Concentration risk, percentage		73.00%	81.00%	60.00%	76.00%
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