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	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2007	Apr. 21, 2010 Underwriting Agreement	Dec. 31, 2005 Founders	Dec. 31, 2008 Licensing Agreement	Dec. 31, 2006 Licensing Agreement	Dec. 31, 2007 Licensing Agreement Period Issuance01	Dec. 31, 2007 Licensing Agreement Period Issuance02	Dec. 31, 2008 Accrued Liabilities	Dec. 31, 2007 Accrued Liabilities	Apr. 21, 2010 Warrant	Apr. 30, 2010 Warrant	Dec. 31, 2011 Warrant	Dec. 31, 2007 Warrant	Dec. 31, 2012 Warrant	Jul. 15, 2009 Common Stock	Dec. 31, 2005 Common Stock	Dec. 31, 2012 Common Stock	Dec. 31, 2011 Common Stock	Dec. 31, 2010 Common Stock	Dec. 31, 2009 Common Stock	Dec. 31, 2007 Common Stock	Dec. 31, 2005 Common Stock Founders	Dec. 31, 2008 Common Stock Licensing Agreement	Dec. 31, 2006 Common Stock Licensing Agreement	Dec. 31, 2007 Common Stock Licensing Agreement Period Issuance01	Dec. 31, 2007 Common Stock Licensing Agreement Period Issuance02	Apr. 04, 2012 Private Placement	Jun. 20, 2011 Private Placement	Dec. 31, 2012 Private Placement	Dec. 31, 2011 Private Placement	Jul. 31, 2009 Private Placement Period Issuance01 Investor	Jul. 31, 2009 Private Placement Period Issuance02 Investor	Jul. 31, 2009 Private Placement Period Issuance03 Investor	Apr. 30, 2010 Private Placement Warrant	Dec. 31, 2011 Private Placement Warrant	Jun. 20, 2011 Private Placement Warrant	Apr. 04, 2012 Private Placement Officers And Executive Officers	Apr. 04, 2012 Private Placement Roth Capital Partners	Jun. 20, 2011 Private Placement Minimum	Sep. 11, 2007 Old Nile	Jul. 15, 2009 River Bank Capital Securities	Jul. 31, 2009 River Bank Capital Securities Private Placement Warrant	Dec. 31, 2007 Two River Group Holdings Warrant
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]
Issuance of common shares																										13,794,132	49,689	1,379,419	63,478	350,107	3,350,000										275,000
Number of warrant shares in each unit																																0.50
Exercise price of warrant						0.94									0.94	0.60		2.71														0.60			1.25	1.71	2.28	0.94	0.60	0.60				2.71		1.375
Warrant issued													206,912	390,000	2,242,500	2,500,000															2,512,500							390,000	250,000					168,337	218,300	218,300	137,567
Warrant term														5 years																	5 years	5 years								5 years
Proceeds From Sales Of Securities																															$ 1,340,000
Fair value of warrant issued														271,900
Placement agent cost of stock issued																															140,000											110,000
Common stock purchase price per share						$ 0.70																									$ 0.40
Placement agents cash fee percentage																																7.00%										7.00%
Cash fee paid to placement Agents																																175,000										35,000		102,000	282,773
Issuance of warrant to purchase shares of common stock																																									206,250
Issuance of common shares						6,500,000	5,000	250,000	500	182,236	1,000,000															500	50		64	350											110,000
Units of securities issued																																5,000,000
Number of shares of common stock in each unit																																1
Issued price of units of Securities																															$ 0.5	$ 0.50
Warrants redemption price														$ 0.01																		$ 0.001
Warrants redemption notice period																																30 days
Number of consecutive business days																																20 days
Percentage of weighted average price of common stock to applicable exercise price of warrants																																											250.00%
Proceeds from Securities issued to investors																																2,500,000
Selling commissions and expenses																																200,000
Registration statement filing period																																30 days
Placement agents warrant, percentage of shares sold																																5.00%			25.00%	25.00%	50.00%
Warrants issued for agents, shares																																250,000
Warrant liability	63,384	0																													200,000		600,000
Weighted average term of warrants	4 years 6 months																5 years																													5 years
Warrants expected volatility rate	101.00%																68.00%
Warrants expected risk free interest rate	0.72%																4.02%
Warrants issued for agents, exercise price per share																																$ 0.60
Expiration Date																		Sep. 12, 2012
Founders shares returned to treasury																				1,379,419
Sale of Stock, Consideration Received Per Transaction																																												19,974,747
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction																																												6,957,914
Convertible debt and accrued interest exchanged for common shares					4,351,165																				1,684																			4,351,165
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Conversion of Convertible Securities																																												1,684,085
Previously issued SMI stock (in shares)																									1,250,000
Units sold in private placement, net of issuance costs														2,242,500							3,350,000	5,000,000	7,475,000	2,691,394	6,957,914										672,849	672,848	1,345,697
Aggregate gross purchase price of securities																			3,368,748
Underwriting Discount Per Share						$ 0.063
Stock Repurchased During Period, Shares						975,000
Number Of Warrants To Purchase Of Common Stock						0.30
Sale of Stock, Price Per Share						$ 3.00
Units sold in private placement, issuance costs	145,793	201,434	715,801	282,773	102,000
Units sold in private placement, net of issuance costs of $102,000 in 2006, $282,773 in 2009, $715,801 in 2010, $201,434 in 2011 and $145,793 in 2012	1,194,207	2,298,566	4,516,699	3,287,175	19,872,747																3,350	5,000	7,475	2,691	6,958
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 43,062,231 and 39,712,231 shares issued and outstanding	43,062	39,712																																99,100
Warrants issued	(611,896)											334,992
Warrants Dividend Rate																	0.00%
Warrant Issued To Purchase Common Stock Value																																														$ 201,200	$ 222,770
Percentage Of Closing Bid Price																																			110.00%	150.00%	200.00%
Consolidated Closing Bid Price																																			1.14