TERM NOTE, REVOLVING DEMAND NOTE, VEHICLE FINANCING AND LICENSE FEE PAYABLE (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Demand Note [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 2,000,000
Interest rate description	one-quarter percent above prime per annum
Clean-up period	30 days
Security Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt covenants, description	The HSBC Security Agreement, which is related to the Demand Note, contains covenants that place restrictions on the Company’s operations, including covenants relating to debt restrictions, capital expenditures, tangible net worth, leverage, fixed charge coverage, employee loan restrictions, distribution restrictions (common stock and preferred stock), dividend restrictions, restrictions on lease payments to affiliates, restrictions on changes in business, asset sale restrictions, restrictions on acquisitions and mergers, and intercompany transactions, and restrictions on fundamental changes in the Company and in its business.
Covenant compliance	The Company was in compliance with all required financial covenants at December 31, 2014.

The period during which there can be no amounts outstanding on the note.

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States whether the entity was in compliance with the debt covenants throughout the reporting period, and describes facts and circumstances of any compliance failure.

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-Section 02

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Description of minimum financial levels (for example, tangible net worth and working capital) and achievement of certain financial ratios (for example, working capital ratio and debt service coverage ratio), and adherence to certain clauses which generally require or restrict certain actions (for example, entering into a debt arrangement with equal or greater seniority, and selling or discontinuing a certain business segment or material subsidiary) to be in compliance with the covenant clauses of the debt agreement. May also include a discussion of the adverse consequences that would result if the entity violates or fails to satisfy the covenants.

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Description of the interest rate for the amounts borrowed under the credit facility, including the terms and the method for determining the interest rate (for example, fixed or variable, LIBOR plus a percentage, increasing rate, timing of interest rate resets, remarketing provisions).

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-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(b),22(b))

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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