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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details Textual) - USD ($)									1 Months Ended													2 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Mar. 10, 2017	Feb. 14, 2017	Jan. 03, 2017	Dec. 07, 2016	Dec. 02, 2016	Jan. 15, 2016	Oct. 09, 2015	Mar. 05, 2015	Feb. 28, 2017	Feb. 23, 2017	Jan. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Nov. 30, 2016	Oct. 31, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Aug. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2016	May 31, 2016	Apr. 30, 2016	Oct. 26, 2015	Apr. 24, 2015	Mar. 31, 2017	Nov. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock issued for services															41,666	41,666	124,998		83,336
Proceeds from exercise of warrants																		$ 1,579,082						$ 0	$ 43,941
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross					1,391,188	6,500,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights							$ 0.10					$ 0.25						$ 0.25	$ 0.001				$ 0.10	$ 0.25
Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price					$ 0.121	$ 0.038
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Issued for Services															$ 6,292	$ 6,208	$ 20,666		$ 14,292					$ 63,292	$ 682,126
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues												41,666	41,666	41,666				11,714,285
Stock Issued During Period Value Warrants Exercised							1,752,000											1,312,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period							5 years																5 years	5 years
Maximum [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights												$ 0.179												$ 0.179
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period																								4 years 11 months 19 days
Minimum [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights												0.038												$ 0.038
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period																								3 years 9 months 7 days
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross								500,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage					50.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross								50,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage					25.00%
Warrant [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross																				41,667					208,332
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights												$ 0.25						$ 0.25						$ 0.25
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period																								21,681,264	28,913,020
Stock Issued During Period Value Warrants Exercised												440,000						1,312,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period							5 years
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Vesting period				7 years																	7 years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period				250,000																	150,000			1,252,620	0
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock issued for services									41,666		41,666											41,666
Proceeds from exercise of warrants											$ 50,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross	100,000		100,000
Vesting period	5 years		5 years
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights											$ 0.25
Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 0.145		$ 0.159
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Issued for Services									$ 5,333		$ 6,625											$ 5,917
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues											357,143
Stock Issued During Period Value Warrants Exercised											40,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Restricted Stock Award, Gross										402,297
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Restricted Stock Award, Gross										$ 58,333
Subsequent Event \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage	50.00%		50.00%
Subsequent Event \| Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Rights, Percentage	50.00%		50.00%
Subsequent Event \| Warrant [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights		$ 0.12
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period		250,000
Subsequent Event \| Warrant [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period		5 years
Subsequent Event \| Warrant [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period		3 years
Subsequent Event \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period										7 years