SEGMENT REPORTING

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

SEGMENT REPORTING AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

SEGMENT REPORTING

The Company currently operates in four reportable operating segments:

(1) The Company's Energy & Security Sonar Solutions segment is focused on sonar and acoustic related solutions for energy, defense and commercial markets and includes other real-time and embedded hardware & software development and production. Energy & Security Sonar Solutions activities are provided through the Company’s DSIT Solutions Ltd. subsidiary.

(2) The Company’s GridSense segment provides Smart Grid Distribution Automation products and services through its GridSense subsidiaries.  

(3) The Company’s USSI segment's focus is to develop and produce fiber optic sensing systems for the energy and security markets.  These activities are performed through the Company's USSI subsidiary.

(4) The Company's Power Generation Monitoring segment provides products and services which deliver critical, real-time machine information to customers, while its Smart Service™ software provides remote diagnostics that give users real control over their equipment. These activities are performed through the Company's OmniMetrix subsidiary. As these activities were acquired in February 2012, there are only partial comparative results reported for these activities for the three month period ended March 31, 2012.

Other operations include certain IT activities (protocol management software for cancer patients and billing software) and outsourced consulting activities performed by the Company's DSIT subsidiary and Cathodic Protection activities in the Company's OmniMetrix subsidiary) that do not meet the quantitative thresholds under applicable accounting principles.

	Energy & Security Sonar Solutions		GridSense			USSI			Power Generation Monitoring			Other			Total
Three months ended March 31, 2013
Revenues from external customers	$	3,046	$	1,543		$	325		$	396		$	406		$	5,716
Intersegment revenues	—		—			39			—			—			39
Segment gross profit (loss)	1,222		661			(168		)	236			174			2,125
Depreciation and amortization	57		104			84			88			40			373
Stock compensation expense	—		—			34			—			—			34
Segment net income (loss) before income taxes	252		(1,147		)	(1,851		)	(381		)	12			(3,115		)
Three months ended March 31, 2012
Revenues from external customers	$	2,763	$	918		$	121		$	85		$	296		$	4,183
Intersegment revenues	—		—			—			—			—			—
Segment gross profit (loss)	960		344			(211		)	40			67			1,200
Depreciation and amortization	58		96			70			43			25			292
Stock compensation expense	—		—			—			—			—			—
Segment net income (loss) before income taxes	160		(1,199		)	(1,715		)	(15		)	(67		)	(2,836		)

Reconciliation of Segment Income (Loss) to Consolidated Net Loss

	Three months ended March 31,
	2012			2013
Total net loss before income taxes for reportable segments	$	(2,769	)	$	(3,127	)
Other operational segment net income (loss) before income taxes	(67		)	12
Total segment net loss before income taxes	(2,836		)	(3,115		)
Unallocated cost of corporate headquarters*	(1,460		)	(1,392		)
Unallocated cost of DSIT and OmniMetrix headquarters	(74		)	(611		)
Consolidated loss before income taxes	$	(4,370	)	$	(5,118	)

* Includes stock compensation expense of $142 and $247 for the three month periods ending March 31, 2012 and 2013, respectively.