Warrant Liabilities (Details) (Warrant [Member], USD $)	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Aug. 19, 2014	Jan. 22, 2014	Jun. 25, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Warrant [Member]
Summary of assumptions used in connection with the valuation of warrants issued
Number of shares underlying the warrants	5,059,438	5,309,438	5,416,851	4,723,357	5,309,438
Exercise price	$ 1.65	$ 1.65	$ 1.65	$ 1.65	$ 1.65
Volatility	130.00%	135.00%	140.00%	128.00%	135.00%
Risk-free interest rate	1.25%	1.30%	1.49%	1.43%	1.75%
Expected dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Expected warrant life (years)	3 years 10 months 6 days	4 years 5 months 1 day	5 years	3 years 8 months 27 days	4 years 6 months
Stock Price	$ 2.05	$ 2.29	$ 0.96	$ 2.00	$ 1.80

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Agreed upon price for the exchange of the underlying asset.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

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Expected dividends to be paid to holders of the underlying shares or financial instruments (expressed as a percentage of the share or instrument's price).

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Period the instrument, asset or liability is expected to be outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Risk-free interest rate assumption used in valuing an instrument.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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