Stock Options and Award Programs (Details 1) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013
Options outstanding, beginning of the year	3,212,000
Options, Issued	1,575,000
Options, Expired	(680,000)
Options outstanding, end of the year	4,107,000
Options outstanding and exercisable	1,632,000
Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share, outstanding (in dollar per share)	$ 0.74
Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share, Issued (in dollar per share)	$ 0.51
Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share, Expired (in dollar per share)	$ 0.55
Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share, outstanding (in dollar per share)	$ 0.68
Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share, outstanding and exercisable (in dollar per share)	$ 0.72
Weighted Average Remaining Option Life, outstanding (in years)	4 years 7 months 6 days
Weighted Average Remaining Option Life, outstanding and exercisable (in years)	2 years 5 months 12 days