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Face amount or stated value per share of preferred stock nonredeemable or redeemable solely at the option of the issuer.

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Subsequent Events (Details)											1 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details)	Jul. 11, 2017 USD ($) Vote $ / shares shares	Jul. 07, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 02, 2017 USD ($) Vote $ / shares shares	May 09, 2017 USD ($)	Apr. 10, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 13, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 02, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 10, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 12, 2017 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2016 USD ($) shares	Jul. 31, 2015 shares	Feb. 28, 2015 USD ($) shares	Oct. 31, 2013 USD ($) shares	Jul. 07, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 29, 2017 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2016 $ / shares
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)																$ 0.01			$ 0.01
Conversion of convertible notes \| $				$ 1,913,915	$ 3,621,286	$ 4,417,830	$ 126,000	$ 3,045,817	$ 544,000	$ 1,478,318					$ 21,347,166	$ 15,831,000	$ 0
Sale of stock in private placement \| shares											425,000	600,000	153,750	81,875
Gross proceeds from the sale of shares \| $											$ 1,200,000		$ 2,600,000	$ 7,500,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Conversion of convertible notes \| $		$ 2,000,000
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)																		$ 0.01
Series A Preferred Stock [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of Shares \| shares			4,200
Closing bid price			$ 3.68
Number of votes \| Vote			1,141,304
Preferred stock redemption price per share			$ 0.001
Series A Preferred Stock [Member] \| Senior Secured Convertible Notes [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Conversion of convertible notes \| $			$ 4,200,000
Series B Preferred Stock [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)																		$ 0.01
Series B Preferred Stock [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Amended and Restated Securities Purchase Agreement [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Closing bid price	$ 0.1867
Number of votes \| Vote	10,712,372
Sale of stock in private placement \| shares	2,360
Sale of stock price per share	$ 1,000
Gross proceeds from the sale of shares \| $	$ 2,000,000