2.4.1.9 Html 170 348 1 true 51 0 false 5 false false R1.htm 00000001 - Document - Document And Entity Information Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/DocumentAndEntityInformation Document And Entity Information true false R2.htm 00000002 - Statement - Consolidated Balance Sheets Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/ConsolidatedBalanceSheets Consolidated Balance Sheets false false R3.htm 00000003 - Statement - Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/ConsolidatedBalanceSheetsParenthetical Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) false false R4.htm 00000004 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Operations Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/StatementsOfOperations Consolidated Statements of Operations false false R5.htm 00000005 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Deficit Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/StatementsOfShareholdersDeficit Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Deficit false false R6.htm 00000006 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/ConsolidatedStatementsOfCashFlows Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows false false R7.htm 00000007 - Disclosure - Organization and Description of Business Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/OrganizationAndDescriptionOfBusiness Organization and Description of Business false false R8.htm 00000008 - Disclosure - Going Concern Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/GoingConcern Going Concern false false R9.htm 00000009 - Disclosure - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/SummaryOfSignificantAccountingPolicies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies false false R10.htm 00000010 - Disclosure - Accounts Receivables Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/AccountsReceivables Accounts Receivables false false R11.htm 00000011 - Disclosure - Inventory Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/Inventory Inventory false false R12.htm 00000012 - Disclosure - Property and Equipment Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/PropertyAndEquipment Property and Equipment false false R13.htm 00000013 - Disclosure - Patents Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/Patents Patents false false R14.htm 00000014 - Disclosure - Liabilities Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/Liabilities Liabilities false false R15.htm 00000015 - Disclosure - Income Taxes Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/IncomeTaxes Income Taxes false false R16.htm 00000016 - Disclosure - Lease Obligations Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/LeaseObligations Lease Obligations false false R17.htm 00000017 - Disclosure - Equity Transactions Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/EquityTransactions Equity Transactions false false R18.htm 00000018 - Disclosure - Fair Value Measurements Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/FairValueMeasurements Fair Value Measurements false false R19.htm 00000019 - Disclosure - Loss Per Share Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/LossPerShare Loss Per Share false false R20.htm 00000020 - Disclosure - Subsequent Events Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/SubsequentEvents Subsequent Events false false R21.htm 00000021 - Disclosure - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/SummaryOfSignificantAccountingPoliciesPolicies Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) false false R22.htm 00000022 - Disclosure - Accounts Receivables (Tables) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/AccountsReceivablesTables Accounts Receivables (Tables) false false R23.htm 00000023 - Disclosure - Inventory (Tables) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/InventoryTables Inventory (Tables) false false R24.htm 00000024 - Disclosure - Property and Equipment (Tables) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/PropertyAndEquipmentTables Property and Equipment (Tables) false false R25.htm 00000025 - Disclosure - Patents (Tables) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/PatentsTables Patents (Tables) false false R26.htm 00000026 - Disclosure - Liabilities (Tables) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/LiabilitiesTables Liabilities (Tables) false false R27.htm 00000027 - Disclosure - Income Taxes (Tables) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/IncomeTaxesTables Income Taxes (Tables) false false R28.htm 00000028 - Disclosure - Lease Obligations (Tables) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/LeaseObligationsTables Lease Obligations (Tables) false false R29.htm 00000029 - Disclosure - Equity Transactions (Tables) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/EquityTransactionsTables Equity Transactions (Tables) false false R30.htm 00000030 - Disclosure - Fair Value Measurements (Tables) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/FairValueMeasurementsTables Fair Value Measurements (Tables) false false R31.htm 00000031 - Disclosure - Loss Per Share (Tables) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/LossPerShareTables Loss Per Share (Tables) false false R32.htm 00000032 - Disclosure - Going Concern - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/GoingConcernAdditionalInformationDetail Going Concern - Additional Information (Detail) false false R33.htm 00000033 - Disclosure - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/SummaryOfSignificantAccountingPoliciesAdditionalInformationDetail Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) false false R34.htm 00000034 - Disclosure - Accounts Receivables - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/AccountsReceivablesAdditionalInformationDetail Accounts Receivables - Additional Information (Detail) false false R35.htm 00000035 - Disclosure - Summary of Accounts Receivables are Carried at the Expected Realizable Value (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/SummaryOfAccountsReceivablesAreCarriedAtExpectedRealizableValueDetail Summary of Accounts Receivables are Carried at the Expected Realizable Value (Detail) false false R36.htm 00000036 - Disclosure - Inventory (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/InventoryDetail Inventory (Detail) false false R37.htm 00000037 - Disclosure - Property and Equipment - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/PropertyAndEquipmentAdditionalInformationDetail Property and Equipment - Additional Information (Detail) false false R38.htm 00000038 - Disclosure - Summary of Equipment, at Cost, Less Accumulated Depreciation (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/SummaryOfEquipmentAtCostLessAccumulatedDepreciationDetail Summary of Equipment, at Cost, Less Accumulated Depreciation (Detail) false false R39.htm 00000039 - Disclosure - Patents - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/PatentsAdditionalInformationDetail Patents - Additional Information (Detail) false false R40.htm 00000040 - Disclosure - Summary of Patents Less (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/SummaryOfPatentsLessDetail Summary of Patents Less (Detail) false false R41.htm 00000041 - Disclosure - Estimated Future Amortization Expense (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/EstimatedFutureAmortizationExpenseDetail Estimated Future Amortization Expense (Detail) false false R42.htm 00000042 - Disclosure - Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/LiabilitiesAdditionalInformationDetail Liabilities - Additional Information (Detail) false false R43.htm 00000043 - Disclosure - Balances of Debentures (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/BalancesOfDebenturesDetail Balances of Debentures (Detail) false false R44.htm 00000044 - Disclosure - Balances of Derivative Liability (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/BalancesOfDerivativeLiabilityDetail Balances of Derivative Liability (Detail) false false R45.htm 00000045 - Disclosure - Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/IncomeTaxesAdditionalInformationDetail Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) false false R46.htm 00000046 - Disclosure - Established to Offset Deferred Tax Assets (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/EstablishedToOffsetDeferredTaxAssetsDetail Established to Offset Deferred Tax Assets (Detail) false false R47.htm 00000047 - Disclosure - Expected Provision Obtained (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/ExpectedProvisionObtainedDetail Expected Provision Obtained (Detail) false false R48.htm 00000048 - Disclosure - Components of Federal Income Tax Benefit from Continuing Operations (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/ComponentsOfFederalIncomeTaxBenefitFromContinuingOperationsDetail Components of Federal Income Tax Benefit from Continuing Operations (Detail) false false R49.htm 00000049 - Disclosure - Lease Obligations - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/LeaseObligationsAdditionalInformationDetail Lease Obligations - Additional Information (Detail) false false R50.htm 00000050 - Disclosure - Lease Obligations - (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/LeaseObligationsDetail Lease Obligations - (Detail) false false R51.htm 00000051 - Disclosure - Equity Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/EquityTransactions-AdditionalInformationDetail Equity Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) false false R52.htm 00000052 - Disclosure - Summary of Weighted Average Assumptions to Value Stock Options Granted (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/SummaryOfWeightedAverageAssumptionsToValueStockOptionsGrantedDetail Summary of Weighted Average Assumptions to Value Stock Options Granted (Detail) false false R53.htm 00000053 - Disclosure - Summary of the Status of the Options Granted (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/SummaryOfStatusOfOptionsGrantedDetail Summary of the Status of the Options Granted (Detail) false false R54.htm 00000054 - Disclosure - Summary of the Status of the Options Outstanding Under the EIP (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/SummaryOfStatusOfOptionsOutstandingUnderEipDetail Summary of the Status of the Options Outstanding Under the EIP (Detail) false false R55.htm 00000055 - Disclosure - Summary of the Status of the Warrants Granted (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/SummaryOfStatusOfWarrantsGrantedDetail Summary of the Status of the Warrants Granted (Detail) false false R56.htm 00000056 - Disclosure - Summary of the Status of the Warrants Outstanding (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/SummaryOfStatusOfWarrantsOutstandingDetail Summary of the Status of the Warrants Outstanding (Detail) false false R57.htm 00000057 - Disclosure - Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/FairValueMeasurementsAdditionalInformationDetail Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information (Detail) false false R58.htm 00000058 - Disclosure - Balances of Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/BalancesOfLiabilitiesMeasuredAtFairValueOnRecurringBasisDetail Balances of Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Detail) false false R59.htm 00000059 - Disclosure - Changes in Liabilities with Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/ChangesInLiabilitiesWithSignificantUnobservableInputsLevel3Detail Changes in Liabilities with Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) (Detail) false false R60.htm 00000060 - Disclosure - Derivative and Warrant Liabilities (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/DerivativeAndWarrantLiabilitiesDetail Derivative and Warrant Liabilities (Detail) false false R61.htm 00000061 - Disclosure - Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareDetail Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share (Detail) false false R62.htm 00000062 - Disclosure - Summary Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share and Additional Income (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/SummaryBasicAndDilutedEarningsPerShareAndAdditionalIncomeDetail Summary Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share and Additional Income (Detail) false false R63.htm 00000063 - Disclosure - Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://spectrascience.com/role/SubsequentEventsAdditionalInformationDetail Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) false false All Reports Book All Reports Process Flow-Through: 00000002 - Statement - Consolidated Balance Sheets Process Flow-Through: Removing column 'Dec. 31, 2012' Process Flow-Through: 00000003 - Statement - Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical) Process Flow-Through: 00000004 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Operations Process Flow-Through: 00000006 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows scie-20141231.xml scie-20141231.xsd scie-20141231_cal.xml scie-20141231_def.xml scie-20141231_lab.xml scie-20141231_pre.xml true true