Issuance of Common Stock, Warrants and Stock Options by MTI Micro - MTI Micro has reserved common shares for future issuance, broken down between the Company and NCI (Details 1)	Sep. 30, 2013
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Stock options outstanding	587,256
Number of shares reserved for outstanding options and warrants	726,756
MTI Micro
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Stock options outstanding	1,140,240
Warrants outstanding	45,100,547
Number of shares reserved for outstanding options and warrants	46,240,787
MTI
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding	32,904,136
Number of shares reserved for outstanding options and warrants	32,904,136
Non-Controlling Interest (NCI) | MTI Micro
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]
Stock options outstanding	1,140,240
Warrants outstanding	12,196,411
Number of shares reserved for outstanding options and warrants	13,336,651