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Stockholders' Equity and Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (Details Narative 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands						1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 22, 2016	May 20, 2016	Feb. 26, 2016	Feb. 04, 2016	Jan. 26, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Jan. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Common stock, authorized previously			200,000,000
Stock based compensation											$ 299	$ 134
2014 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]
Number of shares authorized			8,250,000
Common stock, authorized previously			4,161,892
Reducing the total share			434,210
Stock based compensation									$ 19	$ 14	21	$ 100
Unamortized stock-based compensation expense						$ 14			$ 14		$ 14
Amortized period											10 months 24 days
2014 Equity Incentive Plan [Member] \| Five Directors [Member]
Number of shares granted									19,735
Aggregate grant date fair value									$ 31,000
Restricted Stock Units [Member]
Amortized period											6 months
Non-option unamortized stock-based compensation expense						100			$ 100		$ 100
Restricted Stock Units [Member] \| Mr. Anthony Hayes [Member] \| Consulting Agreement [Member]
Number of non-option shares granted		118,512
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Third Party [Member] \| Consulting Agreement [Member]
Value of shares issued for services				$ 100		$ 25	$ 25	$ 50
Number of non-option shares granted				42,445	652	10,870	8,771
Non-option grant date fair value					$ 1,487
Cash retainer payments				$ 70
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Mr. Frank Reiner [Member] \| Consulting Agreement [Member]
Value of shares issued for services								$ 60
Number of non-option shares granted								42,106
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Mr. Darrell Dotson [Member] \| Consulting Agreement [Member]
Value of shares issued for services								$ 60
Number of non-option shares granted								42,106
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Consultant One [Member]
Number of non-option shares granted	10,870		7,895
Non-option grant date fair value	$ 25		$ 15
Restricted Stock [Member] \| Consultant Two [Member]
Number of non-option shares granted	43,479		7,895
Non-option grant date fair value	$ 100		$ 15