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Note 7 - Investments - Related Parties (Details Textual)			1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 17, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 05, 2016 USD ($) shares	Apr. 05, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 16, 2011 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 30, 2017 $ / shares	Feb. 22, 2017 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 05, 2016 USD ($)
Share Price \| $ / shares						$ 0.65	$ 0.65
Payments to Acquire Investments							$ 1,034,000
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion Recognized in Earnings, Net, Available-for-sale Securities								110,000
Telkoor [Member]
Business Acquisition Shares Acquired \| shares				1,136,666
Payments to Acquire Investments				$ 1,000,000
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired				8.80%
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments, Portion Recognized in Earnings, Net, Available-for-sale Securities							$ 0	$ 110,000
Avalanche International Corp. [Member]
Available-for-sale Securities, Equity Securities, Number of Shares \| shares						250,900	250,900
Available-for-sale Securities, Equity Securities						$ 84,000	$ 84,000
Avalanche International Corp. [Member]
Share Price \| $ / shares						$ 0.45	$ 0.45		$ 0.30
Avalanche International Corp. [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share Price \| $ / shares						0.25	0.25
Avalanche International Corp. [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share Price \| $ / shares						$ 0.45	$ 0.45
Philou [Member]
Securities Purchase Agreement, Consideration Paid		$ 1,500,000
Avalanche International Corp. [Member]
Financing Receivable, State Interest Rate						12.00%	12.00%
Financing Receivable, Discount Rate						5.00%	5.00%
Financing Receivable, Gross						$ 525,000	$ 525,000
Financing Receivable, Conversion Ratio						0.74536	0.74536
Telkoor [Member]
Number of Shares, Sale or Salable by Related Party \| shares		2,714,610
Number of Shares, Sale or Salable by Related Party, Percentage		40.06%
Number of Shares of Common Stock in Seller Beneficially \| shares		1,136,666
Notes Receivable [Member] \| Avalanche International Corp. [Member]
Financing Receivable, State Interest Rate						12.00%	12.00%
Financing Receivable, Discount Rate						5.00%	5.00%
Financing Receivable, Discount						$ 50,000	$ 50,000
Financing Receivable, Conversion Ratio						0.74536	0.74536
Financing Receivable, Convertible Feature, Number of Shares Issuable \| shares						704,357	704,357
Payments to Acquire Notes Receivable						$ 950,000
Interest Income, Related Party							$ 2,000
Interest Receivable						$ 13,000	$ 13,000
Notes Receivable [Member] \| Avalanche International Corp. [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Payments to Acquire Notes Receivable	$ 50,000				$ 507,000
Notes Receivable, October 5, 2016 [Member] \| Avalanche International Corp. [Member]
Financing Receivable, State Interest Rate												12.00%
Financing Receivable, Discount Rate												5.00%
Financing Receivable, Gross												$ 525,000
Financing Receivable, Discount												$ 25,000
Note Receivable, Third Note [Member] \| Avalanche International Corp. [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Financing Receivable, State Interest Rate										12.00%
Financing Receivable, Discount Rate										5.00%
Financing Receivable, Gross										$ 525,000
Payments to Acquire Notes Receivable			$ 457,000
Notes Receivable, November 30, 2016 [Member] \| Avalanche International Corp. [Member]
Financing Receivable, State Interest Rate											12.00%
Financing Receivable, Discount Rate											5.00%
Financing Receivable, Gross											$ 525,000
Financing Receivable, Discount											$ 25,000