RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended								9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Aug. 15, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 Non-Executive Directors [Member]	Sep. 10, 2012 Beneficial Owner [Member]	Sep. 07, 2012 Beneficial Owner [Member]	Aug. 15, 2012 Beneficial Owner [Member]	Aug. 01, 2012 Beneficial Owner [Member]	May 08, 2012 Beneficial Owner [Member]	Mar. 29, 2012 Beneficial Owner [Member]	Feb. 23, 2012 Beneficial Owner [Member]	Mar. 18, 2011 Beneficial Owner [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Beneficial Owner [Member]	Jan. 15, 2012 Beneficial Owner [Member]	Aug. 15, 2012 Director [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Shares issued for services (in shares per director)					59,700
Directors fees applied to the purchase of common stock (per director)					$ 40,000
Amount of series I redeemable preferred stock converted		1,669,200	0													34,800
Ownership percentage of voting shares (in hundredths)														72.70%
Private placement subscription agreement [Abstract]
Units issued (in shares)													332.6697
Aggregate offering price of units													3,326,697
Ownership unit description													Each of the units (individually, a "Unit" and collectively, the "Units") consists of 2,000 shares of Series II 8% Convertible Preferred Stock ("Series II Preferred Stock") and one warrant
Ownership unit price													10,000
Preferred stock dividend rate (in hundredths)													8.00%
Preferred stock conversion description													Conversion into such a number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing the Original Issue Price by the Conversion Price, initially, $1.00;
Preferred stock liquidation preference description													A liquidation preference equal to the sum of the Original Issue Price and an amount equal to 8% of the Original Issue Price for each 12 months that passed since the date of issuance of any of the Series II Preferred Stock
Mandatory redemption terms description													Mandatory redemption, by the Company, 24 months from the date of issuance of the Series II Preferred Stock at a redemption price equal to the Original Issue Price plus any accrued but unpaid dividends.
Interest rate on convertible senior secured notes (in hundredths)		8.00%
Warrant term													5 years
Number of common shares that can be purchase per unit (in shares)													15,000
Warrant exercise price per share (in dollars per share)													$ 1.5
Common shares issuable upon exercise of warrants (in shares)													4,990,046
Convertible note [Abstract]
Principal balance, outstanding convertible debt															1,300,000
Accrued interest, convertible debt															208,000
Common shares issued, convertible debt															1,508,000
Conversion price per share (in dollars per share)															$ 1.00
Common shares issued (in shares)		20,328,745		20,328,745		74,200			417,612	744,711	437,380	311,545
Price per share, common stock (in dollars per share)									$ 1.50	$ 1.50	$ 1.5	$ 1.5
Proceeds from sale of common stock		$ 2,978,172	$ 3,355			$ 111,300			$ 626,417	$ 1,117,067	$ 656,070	$ 467,318
Preferred stock converted (in shares)	34,800						727,280	907,120
Shares issued on conversion (in shares)	34,800						727,280	907,120								34,800