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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
These consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("US GAAP") and are presented in United States dollars.

(a)
Principles of consolidation

These consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Integral Vision Systems, Inc. ("IVSI"), Antek Wireless Inc. ("Antek") and Electriplast Corp. (formerly Plastenna, Inc.) ("Electriplast"), and its 76.625%-owned subsidiary, Emergent Technologies Corp. ("ETC"), which is currently inactive. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

(b)
Loss per share

Basic loss per share computations are based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Common share equivalents consisting of preferred stock, stock options and warrants are not considered in the computation of diluted loss per share because their effect would be anti-dilutive.

(c)
Stock issued in exchange for services

The valuation of common stock issued in exchange for services is valued at an estimated fair market value of the Company's stock price based upon other sales and issuances of the Company's common stock within the same general time period.

(d)
Revenue recognition

The Company has not generated significant revenue since inception. Although the Company has begun to receive some revenue from the sale of material for commercial applications, the Company is devoting substantially all its efforts to developing the business and, therefore, still qualifies as a development stage enterprise. All revenue to date, in accordance with development stage enterprise, is recorded against research and development expenditures.

(e)
Foreign currency translation

The Company's functional and reporting currency is the US dollar. Transactions and balances for the Company's operations which are not in US dollars are translated into US dollars at the exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet dates for monetary assets and liabilities, and at historical exchange rates for non-monetary assets and liabilities. Revenues and expenses are translated at the rate of exchange on the date of the transaction, except for amortization and depreciation, which are translated on the same basis as the related assets. Resulting translation gains or losses are included in the statements of operations.

(f)
Research and development

Research and development expenditures are charged to operations as incurred.

(g)
Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant areas requiring the use of management estimates include valuation allowance for deferred income tax assets, the determination of the assumptions used in calculating the fair value of stock-based compensation and the determination of the assumptions used in calculating the fair value of the derivative financial liability. Actual results could differ from those estimates and could impact future results of operations and cash flows.

(h)
Financial instruments

The Company considers all highly liquid interest-earning investments with a maturity of three months or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Investments with original maturities of greater than three months and remaining maturities of less than one year are classified as short-term investments. All cash equivalents and short-term investments are classified as available-for-sale and are recorded at market value using the specific identification method. Changes in market value are reflected in other comprehensive income (excluding other-than-temporary impairments).

Equity and other investments classified as long-term include both debt and equity instruments. Debt securities and publicly traded equity securities are classified as available-for-sale and are recorded at market value using the specific identification method. Changes in market value are reflected in other comprehensive income (excluding other-than-temporary impairments). All other investments, excluding those accounted for using the equity method, are recorded at cost.

(i)
Compound financial instruments

On initial recognition, the Company allocates the proceeds of compound financial instruments between its separate components.

Subsequent to initial recognition, the Company records debt classified as other financial liabilities at amortized cost using the effective interest method such that upon maturity, the debt balance recorded will equal the maturity value of the remaining outstanding debt. The increase in the debt balance is reflected as interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations. The derivative liability is adjusted to fair value at each reporting period with the corresponding gain or loss reported in net loss.
 
(j)
Fair value measurements

Assets and liabilities recorded at fair value in the balance sheets are categorized based upon the level of judgement associated with the inputs used to measure their fair value. For certain of the Company's financial instruments including cash and accounts payable, the carrying values approximate fair value due to their short-term nature.

ASC 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures specifies a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on whether the inputs to those valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. In accordance with ASC 820, these inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

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Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities;
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Level 2 – Other significant observable inputs that are observable through corroboration with market data (including quoted prices in active markets for similar securities); and
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Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs that reflect management's best estimate of what market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

(k)
Income taxes

The Company uses the asset and liability approach in its method of accounting for income taxes that requires the recognition of deferred tax liabilities and assets for expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities. A valuation allowance against deferred tax assets is recorded if, based upon weighted available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

The impact of an uncertain tax position that is more likely than not of being sustained upon audit by the relevant taxing authority is recognized at the largest amount that is more likely than not to be sustained. No portion of an uncertain tax position will be recognized if the position has less than a 50% likelihood of being sustained.

(l)
Stock-based compensation

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation expense associated with stock options and other forms of equity compensation by estimating the fair value of share-based payment awards on the date of grant using the market price of common stock or the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The value of the portion of the award that is ultimately expected to vest is recognized as an expense over the requisite service periods in the Company's consolidated statements of operations. The Company uses the straight-line single-option method to recognize the value of stock-based compensation expense for all share-based payment awards. Stock-based compensation expense recognized in the consolidated statements of operations is reduced for estimated forfeitures, as it is based on awards ultimately expected to vest. Forfeitures are estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.
 
(m)
Recently adopted accounting pronouncements

(i)
The Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") has issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. This ASU requires some new disclosures and clarifies some existing disclosure requirements about fair value measurement as set forth in Codification Subtopic 820-10. The FASB's objective is to improve these disclosures and, thus, increase the transparency in financial reporting. Specifically, ASU 2010-06 amends Codification Subtopic 820-10 to now require:

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A reporting entity should disclose separately the amounts of significant transfers in and out of Level 1 and Level 2 fair value measurements and describe the reasons for the transfers; and
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In the reconciliation for fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs, a reporting entity should present separately information about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements.

In addition, ASU 2010-06 clarifies the requirements of the following existing disclosures:

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For purposes of reporting fair value measurement for each class of assets and liabilities, a reporting entity needs to use judgment in determining the appropriate classes of assets and liabilities; and
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A reporting entity should provide disclosures about the valuation techniques and inputs used to measure fair value for both recurring and non-recurring fair value measurements.

ASU 2010-06 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. Those disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application is permitted. The adoption of this statement does not significantly impact the Company's disclosures.

(ii)
The FASB has issued ASU 2010-29, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Disclosure of Supplementary Pro Forma Information for Business Combinations. This ASU reflects the decision reached in EITF Issue No. 10-G. The amendments in this ASU affect any public entity as defined by Topic 805, Business Combinations, that enters into business combinations that are material on an individual or aggregate basis.

The amendments in this ASU specify that if a public entity presents comparative financial statements, the entity should disclose revenue and earnings of the combined entity as though the business combination(s) that occurred during the current year had occurred as of the beginning of the comparable prior annual reporting period only. The amendments also expand the supplemental pro forma disclosures to include a description of the nature and amount of material, non-recurring pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the business combination included in the reported pro forma revenue and earnings.

The amendments are effective prospectively for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2010. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this statement does not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated balance sheets and results of operations or cash flows.
 
(n)
Recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted

(i)
The FASB has issued ASU No. 2011-12, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in ASU No. 2011-05. The amendments to the Codification in ASU No. 2011-12 are effective at the same time as the amendments in ASU No. 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income, so that entities will not be required to comply with the presentation requirements in ASU No. 2011-05 that ASU No. 2011-12 is deferring.

In order to defer only those changes in ASU No. 2011-05 that relate to the presentation of reclassification adjustments, the paragraphs in ASU No. 2011-12 supersede certain pending paragraphs in ASU No. 2011-05. The amendments are being made to allow the FASB time to re-deliberate whether to present on the face of the financial statements the effects of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income on the components of net income and other comprehensive income for all periods presented. While the FASB is considering the operational concerns about the presentation requirements for reclassification adjustments and the needs of financial statement users for additional information about reclassification adjustments, entities should continue to report reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income consistent with the presentation requirements in effect before ASU No. 2011-05.

All other requirements in ASU No. 2011-05 are not affected by ASU No. 2011-12, including the requirement to report comprehensive income either in a single continuous financial statement or in two separate but consecutive financial statements. Public entities should apply these requirements for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this statement is not anticipated to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated balance sheets and results of operations or cash flows.

(ii)
The FASB has issued ASU No. 2011-11, Balance Sheet (Topic 210): Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The eligibility criteria for offsetting are different in International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") and US GAAP. Offsetting, otherwise known as netting, is the presentation of assets and liabilities as a single net amount in the balance sheet. Unlike IFRS, US GAAP allows companies the option to present net in their balance sheet derivatives that are subject to a legally enforceable netting arrangement with the same party where rights of set-off are only available in the event of default or bankruptcy.

To address these differences between IFRS and US GAAP, in January 2011 the FASB and the IASB (the "Boards") issued an exposure draft that proposed new criteria for netting that were narrower than the current conditions currently in US GAAP. Nevertheless, in response to feedback from their respective stakeholders, the Boards decided to retain their existing offsetting models. Instead, the Boards have issued common disclosure requirements related to offsetting arrangements to allow investors to better compare financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS or US GAAP.

The amendments to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification TM (the "Codification") in ASU 2011-11, Balance Sheet (Topic 210): Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, require an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position.

Coinciding with the release of ASU No. 2011-11, the IASB has issued Disclosures - Offsetting Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (Amendments to IFRS 7). This amendment requires disclosures about the offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities common to those in ASU No. 2011-11.

An entity is required to apply the amendments for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. An entity should provide the disclosures required by those amendments retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. The adoption of this standard is not anticipated to have a material impact on the Company's disclosures.
 
(iii)
The FASB has issued ASU No. 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income. This ASU amends the FASB Codification to allow an entity the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In both choices, an entity is required to present each component of net income along with total net income, each component of other comprehensive income along with a total for other comprehensive income, and a total amount for comprehensive income. ASU 2011-05 eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders' equity (deficit). The amendments to the Codification in the ASU do not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income.

ASU 2011-05 should be applied retrospectively. For public entities, the amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this statement is not anticipated to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position and results of operations or cash flows.

(iv)
The FASB has issued ASU No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in US GAAP and IFRS. This ASU represents the converged guidance of the Boards on fair value measurement. The collective efforts of the Boards and their staff, reflected in ASU 2011-04, have resulted in common requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements, including a consistent meaning of the term "fair value." The Boards have concluded the common requirements will result in greater comparability of fair value measurements presented and disclosed in financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP and IFRS.

The amendments to the Codification in this ASU are to be applied prospectively. The amendments are effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Early application is not permitted. The adoption of this standard is not anticipated to have a material impact on the Company's disclosures.