Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended				1 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Jan. 24, 2010	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011 Vasakronan Fastigheter AB, Linnegatan 89 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Vasakronan Fastigheter AB, Linnegatan 89 [Member] Month [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Vasakronan Fastigheter AB, Linnegatan 89D [Member] sqft	Mar. 31, 2013 Vasakronan Fastigheter AB, Linnegatan 89D [Member] Month [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Vasakronan Fastigheter AB, Linnegatan 89D [Member] Annual [Member]	Apr. 16, 2013 No Picnic [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 No Picnic [Member]	Apr. 15, 2012 No Picnic [Member] sqft	Apr. 30, 2012 No Picnic [Member] Month [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 No Picnic [Member] Annual [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 2350 Mission Investors LLC [Member]	Mar. 22, 2012 2350 Mission Investors LLC [Member] sqft	Mar. 31, 2012 2350 Mission Investors LLC [Member] Month [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 2350 Mission Investors LLC [Member] Annual [Member]	Oct. 12, 2012 Space Design Inc. [Member]	Oct. 12, 2012 Space Design Inc. [Member] Month [Member]	Oct. 12, 2012 Space Design Inc. [Member] Annual [Member]
Commitments and Contingencies (Textual)
Non-recurring engineering development costs contributed to TI	$ 500,000		$ 0
Description of NRE cost contributed to TI		Neonode will contribute to TI the NRE as follows: For each of the first one million units: $0.08 per unit and For the next eight million units: $0.05 per unit.
NRE cost contributed for each of first one milion unit, Per unit	$ 0.08
NRE cost contributed for next eight milion unit, Per unit	$ 0.05
Non recurring expense included in product research and development		217,600
Area of leased space (in square feet)						2,723					2,853				3,185
Initial lease payment (including property tax and excluding VAT)					6,000		8,000	93,000				14,000	174,000			7,007	86,000		3,000	36,000
Lease payment including property tax (excluding VAT), net																7,657
Operating lease notice period				3 months		9 months
Lease extended period if not terminated						3 years
Lease expiration date						Dec. 31, 2014				Apr. 15, 2013				Jul. 31, 2015				Oct. 12, 2014
Operating leases period														3 years				2 years
Extended lease period under same terms and conditions									Apr. 15, 2014
Rent expenses		$ 120,000	$ 103,000