Notes Payable (Unsecured Convertible Note) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012 Class A Warrant [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Class B Warrant [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Letter of Understanding [Member]	Dec. 23, 2010 Letter of Understanding [Member] Common Stock [Member]	Dec. 23, 2009 Unsecured Convertible Note [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Unsecured Convertible Note [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Unsecured Convertible Note [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Unsecured Convertible Note [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Unsecured Convertible Note [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Unsecured Convertible Note [Member]	Nov. 02, 2006 Unsecured Convertible Note [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Unsecured Convertible Note [Member] Common Stock [Member]	Dec. 23, 2010 Unsecured Convertible Note [Member] Warrant Issued for Interest on Convertible Note [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Unsecured Convertible Note [Member] Warrant Issued for Interest on Convertible Note [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Unsecured Convertible Note [Member] Warrant Issued for Interest on Convertible Note [Member]
Convertible notes
Amount of credit facility								$ 1,000,000				$ 1,000,000		$ 1,000,000
Credit facility initiation date								Sept. 25, 2006
Credit facility expiration date								Oct. 30, 2006
Debt interest rate										8.00%		8.00%		8.00%		5.00%
Debt maturity date										Dec. 22, 2010				Dec. 31, 2013
Conversion price												$ 0.25		$ 0.25
Number of shares of common stock warrants can be exercised for																5,500,000		75,000	221,758
Warrant term length																		5 years	5 years
Exercise price of warrants																		0.9	0.96
Warrants exercised
Warrants expired			140,169
Shares of common stock issued									150,000
Number of shares issued for interest																	135,369
Common stock issued for interest				19,634							81,221
Fair value of warrants																				157,400
Derivative valuation	4,346,021		4,346,021		3,760,200	2,216,448	146,273					224,700	256,700	224,700	256,700
Gain (loss) on derivative valuation	1,051,516	5,851,300	5,639,996	12,257,500										75,300	1,145,200
Risk free interest rate						0.73%								0.19%
Expected life (in years)						5.5								1.3
Expected volatility						83.48%								86.42%
Expected dividend yield						0.00%								0.00%
Stock trading price						$ 0.19						$ 0.19		$ 0.19
Accretion of discount on convertible notes payable			593,297	250,002								83,334	83,334	250,002	250,002
Interest expense of convertible debt												$ 20,000	$ 20,000	$ 60,000	$ 60,000