RELATED PARTIES - TRANSACTIONS (Details)	0 Months Ended
Jul. 01, 2008 KNRY [Member] USD ($) item	Jul. 01, 2008 KNRY [Member] ILS item	Jul. 17, 2013 CEO [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 17, 2013 CTO [Member] USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of consulting agreements entered	2	2
Monthly payment under Consulting Agreements	$ 14,000	50,400
Annual payment under Consulting Agreements			$ 250,000	$ 200,000
Exchange rate (in NIS per U.S. dollar)			3.6	3.6

Annual payment to be made under the consulting agreements to the individuals.

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Monthly payment to be made under the consulting agreements to the individuals.

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The number of consulting agreements entered into by the entity.

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Foreign exchange rate used to translate amounts denominated in functional currency to reporting currency.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 830

-SubTopic 30

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6897108&loc=SL6897125-166521

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