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Commitments & Contingencies (Details)	1 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Commitments & Contingencies (Details)	Mar. 26, 2019 shares	Feb. 28, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($) $ / shares	Aug. 31, 2019 USD ($) ft²	Aug. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Commitments & Contingencies (Textual)
Area of facility (in square feet) \| ft²				20,000
Payments for joint venture agreement			$ 9,250,000
Company invested amount			$ 2,000,000
Secured debt, description		The Company failed to issue shares of stock contractually owed to BetterSea, LLC (“BetterSea”), one of the Company’s long-standing technical consultants. On August 15, 2018, 7,364,735 restricted shares were issued in fulfillment of this contractual obligation based on the then-outstanding closing quote of the stock. The issuance of the shares was previously reported by the Company. The Company also paid $20,000 in legal fees on behalf of BetterSea related to legal expense associated with the Company’s delays in the issuance of the stock.			The Company successfully received a judgment against J.B. Moving & Delivery in the amount of approximately $114,000. The Company disputes that any amount is now owed to Scholnick.
Unpaid Legal fees					$ 52,000		$ 400,000
Stockholders combined total \| shares	27,500,000
Director [Member]
Commitments & Contingencies (Textual)
Secured debt, description				The Company is presently engaged in a dispute with one of its former directors, Robert Kopple, relating to approximately $10 million and approximately 3.15 million warrants which Mr. Kopple claims to be owed to him and his affiliates by the Company.
Storage facility [Member]
Commitments & Contingencies (Textual)
Rent per month				$ 5,000
Stanton facility [Member]
Commitments & Contingencies (Textual)
Rent per month				$ 10,000
Office space [Member]
Commitments & Contingencies (Textual)
Area of facility (in square feet) \| ft²				300
Rent per month				$ 2,350
Joint venture agreement [Member]
Commitments & Contingencies (Textual)
Ownership percentage in joint venture			49.00%
Purchase a minimum of product			$ 250,000
Shares issue of price per share \| $ / shares			$ 1.40
Common stock purchase minimum amount			$ 1,250,000
Contingencies description			The Chinese partner is to contribute approximately $9.25 million to the venture - principally in the form of facilities and equipment as wells as approximately $500,000 in cash.
Payments total						$ 1,000,000
Advance payments						$ 700,000
Chinese company [Member]
Commitments & Contingencies (Textual)
Ownership percentage in joint venture			51.00%
California labor board [Member]
Commitments & Contingencies (Textual)
Accrued salary and related charges								$ 238,000