Variables used in Lattice Option Pricing Model for Derivative Liabilities (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Jul. 25, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Market value of common stock on measurement date	$ 0.64	$ 0.68
Projected exercise price	$ 1.25	$ 1.13
Risk free interest rate	0.56%	0.56%
Warrant lives in years	5 years	4 years 10 months 17 days
Expected volatility	193.00%	193.00%
Expected dividend yields	0.00%	0.00%
Minimum
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Offering price range	$ 0.64	$ 0.68
Maximum
Fair Value Measurements [Line Items]
Offering price range	$ 1.64	$ 1.68

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Financial Instrument, Fair Value Assumptions, Common Stock Price

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Public Offering Price For Common Stock

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Agreed upon price for the exchange of the underlying asset.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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Expected dividends to be paid to holders of the underlying shares or financial instruments (expressed as a percentage of the share or instrument's price).

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Period the instrument, asset or liability is expected to be outstanding, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Measure of dispersion, in percentage terms (for instance, the standard deviation or variance), for a given stock price.

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Risk-free interest rate assumption used in valuing an instrument.

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