Document And Entity Information	9 Months Ended
Document And Entity Information	Sep. 30, 2013	Oct. 31, 2013
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	LIQUIDMETAL TECHNOLOGIES INC
Document Type	10-Q
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		373,040,523
Amendment Flag	false
Entity Central Index Key	0001141240
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2013
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited ) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
ASSETS
Cash	$ 3,023	$ 7,162
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $3 and $11, respectively	431	64
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	548	689
Total current assets	4,002	7,915
Property and equipment, net	265	161
Patents and trademarks, net	792	869
Other assets	28	28
Total assets	5,087	8,973
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	243	154
Accrued liabilities	704	248
Accrued dividends		222
Convertible notes, net of debt discount of $0 and $4,635, respectively	0	2,365
Embedded conversion feature liabilities on convertible notes		3,934
Total current liabilities	947	6,923
Long-term liabilities:
Warrant liabilities	4,481	2,766
Other long-term liabilities	856	856
Total liabilities	6,284	10,545
Shareholders' deficit:
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 500,000,000 shares and 400,000,000 authorized at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively; 373,040,523 and 242,074,324 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively	373	242
Warrants	18,179	18,179
Additional paid-in capital	182,304	169,891
Accumulated deficit	(202,013)	(189,884)
Non-controlling interest in subsidiary	(40)
Total shareholders' deficit	(1,197)	(1,572)
Total liabilities and shareholders' deficit	$ 5,087	$ 8,973

Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited ) (Parentheticals) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Allowance for doubtful accounts (in Dollars)	$ 3	$ 11
Debt discount (in Dollars)	$ 0	$ 4,635
Convertible, redeemable Series A Preferred Stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Convertible, redeemable Series A Preferred Stock, shares authorized	10,000,000	10,000,000
Convertible, redeemable Series A Preferred Stock, shares issued	0	506,936
Convertible, redeemable Series A Preferred Stock, shares outstanding	0	506,936
Common stock, par value (in Dollars per share)	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common stock, shares authorized	500,000,000	400,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	373,040,523	242,074,324
Common stock, shares outstanding	373,040,523	242,074,324

Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Revenue
Products	$ 456	$ 80	$ 721	$ 471
Licensing and royalties		27	7	46
Total revenue	456	107	728	517
Cost of sales	396	73	589	256
Gross profit	60	34	139	261
Operating expenses
Selling, marketing, general and administrative	1,213	1,372	3,735	3,338
Research and development	368	217	829	616
Manufacturing contract costs				6,300
Total operating expenses	1,581	1,589	4,564	10,254
Operating loss	(1,521)	(1,555)	(4,425)	(9,993)
Change in value of warrants, gain (loss)	(2,511)	4,184	(1,715)	4,010
Change in value of embedded conversion feature liabilities, gain (loss)	(2,435)	2,785	621	2,785
Debt discount amortization expense	(361)	(6,247)	(6,504)	(6,247)
Financing costs				(1,355)
Interest expense	(21)	(240)	(242)	(258)
Interest income	1	10	5	18
Gain on extinguishment of debt (Note 7)	91		91
Net loss	(6,757)	(1,063)	(12,169)	(11,040)
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest	32		40
Net loss and comprehensive loss attributable to Liquidmetal Technologies shareholders	$ (6,725)	$ (1,063)	$ (12,129)	$ (11,040)
Net loss per common share attributable to Liquidmetal Technologies shareholders, basic and diluted (in Dollars per share)	$ (0.02)	$ (0.01)	$ (0.04)	$ (0.06)
Number of weighted average shares - basic and diluted (in Shares)	372,840,523	195,275,681	330,329,312	173,544,833

Consolidated Statement Of Shareholders' Deficit (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data	Preferred Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member] USD ($)	Warrants Part of Additional Paid in Capital [Member] USD ($)	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member] USD ($)	Retained Earnings [Member] USD ($)	Noncontrolling Interest [Member] USD ($)	Total USD ($)
Balance, December 31, 2012 at Dec. 31, 2012		$ 242	$ 18,179	$ 169,891	$ (189,884)		$ (1,572)
Balance, December 31, 2012 (in Shares) at Dec. 31, 2012	506,936	242,074,324
Conversion of preferred stock		17		(17)
Conversion of preferred stock (in Shares)	(506,936)	16,896,070
Common stock issuance		114		11,766			11,880
Common stock issuance (in Shares)		114,070,129
Stock option exercises				74			74
Stock-based compensation				134			134
Restricted stock issued to officer				234			234
Dividend distribution				222			222
Net loss					(12,129)	(40)	(12,169)
Balance, September 30, 2013 at Sep. 30, 2013		$ 373	$ 18,179	$ 182,304	$ (202,013)	$ (40)	$ (1,197)
Balance, September 30, 2013 (in Shares) at Sep. 30, 2013	0	373,040,523

Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Operating activities:
Net loss	$ (12,169)	$ (11,040)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	158	138
Bad debt expense	11
Stock-based compensation	134	71
Restricted stock compensation issued to officer	234	233
Loss (Gain) from change in value of warrants	1,715	(4,010)
Gain from change in value of embedded conversion feature liabilities	(621)	(2,785)
Gain on extinguishment of debt (Note 7)	(91)
Manufacturing contract costs		6,300
Financing costs		1,355
Debt discount amortization	6,504	6,247
Non -cash interest	242	240
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Trade accounts receivable	(378)	143
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	(127)	106
Other assets		20
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	360	(854)
Deferred revenue		(67)
Other liabilities		247
Net cash used in operating activities	(4,028)	(3,656)
Investing Activities:
Purchases of property and equipment	(172)	(29)
Investment in patents and trademarks	(13)	(35)
Net cash used in investing activities	(185)	(64)
Financing Activities:
Proceeds from short-term debt		1,050
Repayment of short-term debt		(2,762)
Payment of debt issuance costs		(1,033)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options	74	44
Proceeds from convertible debt issuance		12,000
Proceeds from stock issuance		3,000
Net cash provided by financing activities	74	12,299
Net increase (decrease) in cash	(4,139)	8,579
Cash at beginning of period	7,162	122
Cash at end of period	3,023	8,701
Supplemental Schedule of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities:
Offering cost in relation to common stock issuance		2,905
Cashless exercise of warrants		6,259
Pre-installment payment of convertible debt and interest through common stock issuance	7,187	1,240
Dividends paid in common stock upon preferred stock conversion	$ 222

Note 1 - Description of Business

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Business Description and Basis of Presentation [Text Block]

1. Description of Business

Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) is a materials technology company that develops and commercializes products made from amorphous alloys. The Company’s family of alloys consists of a variety of proprietary bulk alloys and composites that utilize the advantages offered by amorphous alloy technology. The Company designs, develops and sells products and components from bulk amorphous alloys to customers in various industries. The Company also partners with third-party manufacturers and licensees to develop and commercialize Liquidmetal alloy products.

Amorphous alloys are, in general, unique materials that are distinguished by their ability to retain a random atomic structure when they solidify, in contrast to the crystalline atomic structures that form in other metals and alloys when they solidify. Liquidmetal alloys are proprietary amorphous alloys that possess a combination of performance, processing, and potential cost advantages that the Company believes will make them preferable to other materials in a variety of applications. The amorphous atomic structure of the Company’s alloys enables them to overcome certain performance limitations caused by inherent weaknesses in crystalline atomic structures, thus facilitating performance and processing characteristics superior in many ways to those of their crystalline counterparts. For example, in laboratory testing, zirconium-titanium Liquidmetal alloys are approximately 250% stronger than commonly used titanium alloys such as Ti-6Al-4V, but they also have some of the beneficial processing characteristics more commonly associated with plastics. The Company believes these advantages could result in Liquidmetal alloys supplanting high-performance alloys, such as titanium and stainless steel, and other incumbent materials in a variety of applications. Moreover, the Company believes these advantages could enable the introduction of entirely new products and applications that are not possible or commercially viable with other materials.

The Company’s revenues are derived from i) selling bulk Liquidmetal alloy products, which include non-consumer electronic devices, aerospace parts, medical products, automotive components, oil and gas exploration, and sports and leisure goods, ii) selling tooling and prototype parts such as demonstration parts and test samples for customers with products in development, iii) product licensing and royalty revenue, and iv) research and development revenue.

Note 2 - Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

2. Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“generally accepted accounting principles”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future periods or the year ending December 31, 2013. The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2013.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized pursuant to applicable accounting standards including FASB ASC Topic 605 (“ASC 605”), Revenue Recognition. ASC 605 summarizes certain points of the SEC staff’s views in applying generally accepted accounting principles to revenue recognition in financial statements and provides guidance on revenue recognition issues in the absence of authoritative literature addressing a specific arrangement or a specific industry.

The Company’s revenue recognition policy complies with the requirements of ASC 605. Revenue is recognized when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred, (iii) the sales price is fixed or determinable, (iv) collection is probable and (v) all obligations have been substantially performed pursuant to the terms of the arrangement. Revenues are derived primarily from the sales and prototyping of Liquidmetal mold and bulk alloys as well as licensing and royalties for the use of the Liquidmetal brand and bulk Liquidmetal alloys. Revenue is deferred and included in liabilities when the Company receives cash in advance for goods not yet delivered or if the licensing term has not begun.

License revenue arrangements in general provide for the grant of certain intellectual property rights for patented technologies owned or controlled by the Company. These rights typically include the grant of an exclusive or non-exclusive right to manufacture and/or sell products covered by patented technologies owned or controlled by the Company. The intellectual property rights granted may be perpetual in nature, extending until the expiration of the related patents, or can be granted for a defined period of time.

Licensing revenues that are one time fees upon the granting of the license are recognized when (i) the license term begins in a manner consistent with the nature of the transaction and the earnings process, (ii) collectability is reasonably assured or upon receipt of an upfront fee, and (iii) all other revenue recognition criteria have been met. Pursuant to the terms of these types of licensing agreements, the Company has no further obligation with respect to the grant of the license once the license is granted. Licensing revenues that are related to royalties are recognized as the royalties are earned over the related period.

Fair Value Measurements

The estimated fair values of amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements have been determined using available market information and valuation methodologies, as applicable. The fair value of cash, trade receivables, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable, and accrued liabilities approximate their carrying value due to their short maturities. The fair value of non-current assets and liabilities approximate their carrying value unless otherwise stated. The carrying amounts reported for debt obligations approximate fair value due to the effective interest rate of these obligations reflecting the Company’s current borrowing rate.

Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Entities are required to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value based upon the following fair value hierarchy:

Level 1 —

Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2 —

Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities; and

Level 3 —

Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

The Company has one Level 2 financial instrument, that being warrants that are recorded at fair value on a periodic basis. Warrants are evaluated under the hierarchy of FASB ASC Subtopic 480-10, FASB ASC Paragraph 815-25-1 and FASB ASC Subparagraph 815-10-15-74 addressing embedded derivatives. The fair value of such warrants is estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The foregoing warrants have certain anti-dilution and exercise price reset provisions which qualify the warrants to be classified as a liability under FASB ASC 815 (see note 8).

The Company had one Level 3 financial instrument during the nine-months ended September 30, 2013, that being an embedded derivative that is recorded at fair value on a periodic basis. The embedded derivative is evaluated under the hierarchy of FASB ASC Subtopic 480-10, FASB ASC Paragraph 815-25-1 and FASB ASC Subparagraph 815-10-15-74 addressing embedded derivatives. The fair value of such embedded derivative is estimated using the Monte Carlo simulation model. The foregoing embedded derivative had certain anti-dilution and exercise price reset provisions which qualified the embedded derivative to be classified as a liability under FASB ASC 815. Upon the final settlement of the Senior Convertible Notes, this liability was extinguished as the underlying conversion option had been executed. As such, the fair value of the liability was reduced to zero upon conversion (see note 7).

As of September 30, 2013, the following table represents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for items that are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

	Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3

Warrant liabilities		4,481		-	$	4,481		-

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

In December 2011 and December 2012, the FASB issued accounting standards updates modifying the disclosure requirements about the nature of an entity's rights of offsetting assets and liabilities in the consolidated balance sheet under master netting agreements and related arrangements associated with financial and derivative instruments. The guidance requires increased disclosure of the gross and net recognized assets and liabilities, collateral positions and narrative descriptions of setoff rights. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying disclosures.

Presentation of Items Reclassified out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

In February 2013, the FASB issued an accounting standards update which requires disclosure related to items reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI). The guidance requires entities to present separately, for each component of other comprehensive income (OCI), current period reclassifications and the remainder of the current-period OCI. In addition, for certain current period reclassifications, an entity is required to disclose the effect of the item reclassified out of AOCI on the respective line item of net income. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying disclosures.

Joint and Several Liabilities

In February 2013, the FASB issued an accounting standard update which modifies the requirements for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation is fixed at the reporting date. The guidance requires companies to measure these obligations as the sum of the amount the company has agreed with co-obligors to pay and any additional amount it expects to pay on behalf of one or more co-obligors. This guidance is effective for all fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 31, 2013. The Company does not expect this guidance to have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

Presentation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

In July 2013, the FASB issued an accounting standards update which will require that an unrecognized tax benefit be presented on the balance sheet as a reduction of a deferred tax asset for a net operating loss ("NOL") or tax credit carryforward under certain circumstances. The guidance is effective for all fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning December 15, 2013. The Company does not expect this guidance to have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

Note 3 - Significant Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Significant Transactions [Abstract]

Significant Transactions [Text Block]

3. Significant Transactions

July 2012 Private Placement

On July 2, 2012, the Company entered into a private placement transaction (the “July 2012 Private Placement”) pursuant to which the Company issued $12,000 in principal amount of senior convertible notes that were due on September 1, 2013. The notes were convertible into shares of the Company’s common stock at a conversion price of $0.352 per share. The notes bore interest at 8% per annum and were payable in twelve equal monthly installments of principal and interest beginning on October 1, 2012. Each monthly installment payment may have been made in cash, shares of the Company’s common stock, or a combination thereof. If paid in shares, such shares were valued at the lower of (i) the then applicable conversion price or (ii) a price that was 87.5% of the arithmetic average of the ten (or in some cases fewer) lowest weighted average prices of the Company’s common stock during the twenty trading day period ending two trading days before the payment date or the date on which the Company elected to pay in shares, whichever was lower. As of July 17, 2013, the Company had issued 163,641,547 shares of common stock in full satisfaction of notes (see note 7).

As a part of the July 2012 Private Placement, the Company issued warrants to purchase 18,750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.384 per share, and such warrants first became exercisable on January 2, 2013 which was six months after the issuance date thereof. In the event that the Company issues or sells shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share that is less than the exercise price then in effect, the exercise price of the warrants will be reduced based on a weighted-average formula. In addition, on the two year anniversary of the issuance date, the then applicable exercise price will be reset to equal the lesser of (i) the then current exercise price or (ii) 87.5% of the arithmetic average of the ten lowest weighted average prices of the common stock during the twenty trading day period ending two trading days immediately preceding the reset date. All of the warrants will expire on July 2, 2017 (see note 8).

June 2012 Visser MTA Agreement

On June 1, 2012, the Company entered into a Master Transaction Agreement (the “Visser MTA Agreement”) with Visser Precision Cast, LLC (“Visser”) relating to a strategic transaction for manufacturing services and financing.

Under the manufacturing and service component of the Visser MTA Agreement, the Company has agreed to engage Visser as a perpetual, exclusive manufacturer of non-consumer electronic products and to not, directly or indirectly, conduct manufacturing operations, subcontract for the manufacture of products or components or grant a license to any other party to conduct manufacturing operations, except for certain limited exceptions. Further, the Company has agreed to sublicense to Visser, on a fully-paid up, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide basis, all intellectual property rights held by the Company. Visser’s use of such sublicense is limited to the exercise of its manufacturing rights, provided that such limitation will terminate if the Company fails to comply with certain technical, administrative, and research and development support obligations set forth in the transaction agreements with Visser and such failure is not cured within 60 days. In addition, Visser has a right of first refusal over any proposed transfer by the Company of its technology pursuant to any license, sublicense, sale or other transfer, other than a license to a machine or alloy vendor.

Under the financing component of the Visser MTA Agreement, the Company issued and sold to Visser in a private placement transaction (i) 30,000,000 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $0.10 per share resulting in proceeds of $3,000, (ii) warrants to purchase 15,000,000 shares of common stock (subsequently increased to 18,539,762 shares under the anti-dilution provision of the warrants, see note 8) at an original exercise price of $0.22 per share (subsequently reduced to $0.18 per share under the anti-dilution provision of the warrants, see note 8) which expire on June 1, 2017 and (iii) a secured convertible promissory note (the “Promissory Note”) in the aggregate principal amount of up to $2,000 which was convertible into shares of common stock at a conversion rate of $0.22 per share. The Promissory Note was issued pursuant to a $2,000 loan facility made available by Visser, but no borrowings were made by the Company under this loan facility, and the deadline for making borrowings under the facility expired on November 15, 2012. All of the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants are subject to a lock-up period through December 31, 2016.

The warrants under the Visser MTA Agreement contain certain anti-dilution and exercise price reset provisions which results in liability accounting under FASB ASC 815 (see note 8). In relation to the financing cost component to the Visser transaction, the Company performed a prorated allocation of the fair value of the warrants on the Promissory Note and the common stock based on their relative fair values. The Company capitalized deferred financing costs in relation to the Promissory Note totaling $1,789 and offset additional paid-in capital for $2,905 in relation to the warrants. The Company assessed the value of the deferred financing costs as of the quarter ended June 30, 2012 and determined that the value was impaired due to the limitations on the Company’s ability to request advances as discussed above. Therefore, the Company expensed the deferred financing costs totaling $1,355 as of the quarter ended June 30, 2012.

In connection with the Visser MTA Agreement, the Company performed a valuation analysis of the manufacturing service and financing components of the Visser MTA Agreement as part of the bundled contract. The Company has assessed and determined that while these components may have market values on a standalone basis, the values of the manufacturing component and sublicense component were deemed immaterial for accounting purposes. Further, the Company’s weighted average market stock price was approximately $0.31 per share at the time of share issuances to Visser. As the actual share purchase price related to the financing component of the Visser MTA Agreement was $0.10 per share, the $0.21 per share difference was treated as manufacturing contract costs and $6,300 was expensed as operating expenses during the second quarter ended June 30, 2012.

On January 17, 2012, February 27, 2012, March 28, 2012 and April 25, 2012, the Company issued 8% unsecured, bridge promissory notes to Visser that were due upon demand in the amounts of $200, $200, $350 and $300, respectively. The aggregate principal amount of $1,050 and accrued interest under the bridge promissory notes were all paid off on June 1, 2012 by utilizing a portion of the proceeds received under the financing component of the Visser MTA Agreement.

In November 2013, the Company and Visser entered into arbitration proceedings to resolve disputes associated with the Visser MTA Agreement (see note 15).

Apple License Transaction

On August 5, 2010, the Company entered into a license transaction with Apple Inc. (“Apple”) pursuant to which (i) the Company contributed substantially all of its intellectual property assets to a newly organized special-purpose, wholly-owned subsidiary, called Crucible Intellectual Property, LLC (“CIP”), (ii) CIP granted to Apple a perpetual, worldwide, fully-paid, exclusive license to commercialize such intellectual property in the field of consumer electronic products, as defined in the license agreement, in exchange for a license fee, and (iii) CIP granted back to the Company a perpetual, worldwide, fully-paid, exclusive license to commercialize such intellectual property in all other fields of use. Additionally, in connection with the license transaction, Apple required the Company to complete a statement of work related to the exchange of Liquidmetal intellectual property information. The Company recognized a portion of the one-time license fee upon receipt of the initial payment and completion of the foregoing requirements under the license transaction. The remaining portion of the one-time license fee was recognized at the completion of the required statement of work.

Under the agreements relating to the license transaction with Apple, the Company is obligated to contribute all intellectual property that it developed through February 2012 (and subsequently amended to extend through February 2014) to CIP. The Company is also obligated to maintain certain limited liability company formalities with respect to CIP at all times after the closing of the license transaction.

Other License Transactions

On January 31, 2012, the Company and Engel Austria Gmbh (“Engel”) entered into a Supply and License Agreement for a five year term whereby Engel was granted a non-exclusive license to manufacture and sell injection molding machines to the Company’s licensees. Since that time, the Company has delivered to Engel a customized induction melt system with a configuration for a standard injection-molding machine that that can be commercially supplied and supported by Engel to enable future licensees to manufacture Liquidmetal components. As of September 30, 2013, no revenues have been recognized under this agreement.

On November 16, 2011, the Company and Materion Brush Inc. (“Materion”) entered into a Development Agreement to evaluate, analyze and develop amorphous alloy feedstock to be supplied in commercial quantities. Further, on June 17, 2012, the Company entered into a Sales Representation Agreement with Materion whereby Materion shall promote the sale of Liquidmetal’s products for certain commissions. This agreement is for a two year initial term with annual, automatic renewals. To date, there have been no commission payments related to this agreement.

The Company’s Liquidmetal Golf subsidiary has the exclusive right and license to utilize the Company’s Liquidmetal alloy technology for purposes of golf equipment applications. This right and license is set forth in an intercompany license agreement between Liquidmetal Technologies and Liquidmetal Golf. This license agreement provides that Liquidmetal Golf has a perpetual and exclusive license to use Liquidmetal alloy technology for the purpose of manufacturing, marketing, and selling golf club components and other products used in the sport of golf. The Company owns 79% of the outstanding common stock in Liquidmetal Golf.

In June 2003, the Company entered into an exclusive license agreement with LLPG, Inc. (“LLPG”). Under the terms of the agreement, LLPG has the right to commercialize Liquidmetal alloys, particularly precious-metal based compositions, in jewelry and high-end luxury product markets. The Company, in turn, will receive royalty payments over the life of the contract on all Liquidmetal products produced and sold by LLPG. The exclusive license agreement with LLPG expires on December 31, 2021.

In March 2009, the Company entered into a license agreement with Swatch Group, Ltd. (“Swatch”) under which Swatch was granted a perpetual non-exclusive license to the Company’s technology to produce and market watches and certain other luxury products. In March 2011, this license agreement was amended to grant Swatch exclusive rights as to watches, and the Company’s license agreement with LLPG was simultaneously amended to exclude watches from LLPG’s rights. The Company will receive royalty payments over the life of the contract on all Liquidmetal products produced and sold by Swatch. The license agreement with Swatch will expire on the expiration date of the last licensed patent.

Note 4 - Liquidity and Capital Resources

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Liquidityand Capital Resource Disclosure [Abstract]

Liquidityand Capital Resource Disclosure [Text Block]

4. Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Company’s cash used in operations was $4,028 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, cash used in investing activities was $185 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, and cash provided by financing activities was $74 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. As of September 30, 2013, the Company’s cash balance was $3,023.

On July 2, 2012, the Company entered into the July 2012 Private Placement pursuant to which it issued $12,000 in principal amount of Senior Convertible Notes that were due on September 1, 2013 and warrants to the purchasers of such Senior Convertible Notes giving such purchasers the right to purchase up to an aggregate of 18,750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.384 per share (see note 3). As of July 17, 2013, the notes under the July 2012 Private Placement were paid off in full through issuance of common stock (see note 7).

The Company anticipates that its current capital resources, when considering expected losses from operations, will be sufficient to fund the Company’s operations through the end of the first quarter of 2014. The Company has a relatively limited history of producing bulk amorphous alloy components and products on a mass-production scale. Furthermore, Visser’s ability to produce the Company’s products in desired quantities and at commercially reasonable prices is uncertain and is dependent on a variety of factors that are outside of the Company’s control, including the nature and design of the component, the customer’s specifications, and required delivery timelines. Such factors will likely require that the Company raise additional funds to support the Company’s operations beyond the first quarter of 2014. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to raise such additional funds on acceptable terms, if at all. If the Company raises additional funds by issuing securities, existing stockholders may be diluted. If funding is insufficient at any time in the future, the Company may be required to alter or reduce the scope of the Company’s operations or to cease operations entirely. Uncertainty as to the outcome of these factors raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

On November 8, 2013, the Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement that will allow the company to raise up to $20 million through periodic issuances of common stock over a three year period (see note 15).

Note 6 - Patents and Trademarks, net

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

6. Patents and Trademarks, net

Net patents and trademarks totaled $792 and $869 as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, and it primarily consists of purchased patent rights and internally developed patents.

Purchased patent rights represent the exclusive right to commercialize the bulk amorphous alloy and other amorphous alloy technology acquired from California Institute of Technology (“Caltech”), through a license agreement with Caltech and other institutions. All fees and other amounts payable by the Company for these rights and licenses have been paid or accrued in full, and no further royalties, license fees or other amounts will be payable in the future under the license agreement.

In addition to the purchased and licensed patents, the Company has internally developed patents. Internally developed patents include legal and registration costs incurred to obtain the respective patents. The Company currently holds various patents and numerous pending patent applications in the United States, as well as numerous foreign counterparts to these patents outside of the United States.

The Company amortizes capitalized patents and trademarks over an average of 10 to 17 year periods. Amortization expense for patents and trademarks was $25 and $90 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively. Amortization expense for patents and trademarks was $32 and $101 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively.

Note 7 - Convertible Note and Embedded Conversion Feature Liability

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Debt Disclosure [Text Block]

7. Convertible Note and Embedded Conversion Feature Liability and Gain on Extinguishment of Debt

On July 2, 2012, the Company entered into the July 2012 Private Placement pursuant to which it issued $12,000 in principal amount of Senior Convertible Notes that were due on September 1, 2013 (see note 3). Pursuant to ASC 815-40, due to the anti-dilution provision of the notes, the conversion feature of the notes is not indexed to the Company’s owned stock and should be bifurcated and recognized as a derivative liability in the consolidated balance sheets and measured at fair value. The notes bore interest at 8% per annum and were payable in twelve equal monthly installments of principal and interest beginning on October 1, 2012.

The embedded conversion feature liability and warrants issued in connection with the Senior Convertible Notes were valued utilizing the Monte Carlo simulation and Black Sholes pricing model at $8,865 and $5,053, respectively, totaling $13,918 as of July 2, 2012. $12,000 of this total was recorded as debt discount and the excess of the face value of the embedded conversion feature liability and warrants of $1,918 was booked to debt discount amortization on July 2, 2012.

Pursuant to the terms of the Senior Convertible Notes, the Company opted to pay the first eleven monthly installment payments due prior to June 30, 2013 with shares of the Company’s common stock, with settlement of the final installment during July 2013. Upon final settlement, the Company had issued 163,641,547 shares of common stock, at a weighted average conversion price of $0.0774, for the twelve installment payments due under the notes, consisting of $12,000 principal and $680 of interest.

Interest expense on the Senior Convertible Notes was $21 and $242 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively, and the balance on the notes (net of debt discount) was $0 as of September 30, 2013 as follows:

	Convertible Note			Debt Discount			Net Total

Beginning Balance - December 31, 2012	$	7,000		$	(4,635	)	$	2,365
Installment Payments in Shares		(7,000	)		-			(7,000	)
Amortization		-			4,181			4,181
Write-off associated with convertible debt extinguishment		-			454			454
Ending Balance - September 30, 2013	$	-		$	-		$	-

On July 17, 2013, the Company and each of the holders of the Senior Convertible Notes due on September 1, 2013, in the original aggregate principal amount of $12,000, agreed to cause all remaining principal and interest under the Senior Convertible Notes to be converted into an aggregate of 18,679,584 shares of the Company’s common stock in full satisfaction of the notes. As a result of this conversion, the Senior Convertible Notes were paid off in full and are no longer outstanding as of the conversion date. As the final conversion occurred pursuant to terms that were not included in the original terms of the Senior Convertible Notes, the Company recorded a gain on extinguishment of debt in the amount of $91 which consisted of the write-off of unamortized debt discount, unamortized debt issuance costs, embedded conversion feature liabilities, and the difference between the reacquisition price of the shares issued and the contractual conversion price of the Senior Convertible Notes.

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Note 8 - Warrant Liability

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Warrant Liabilities [Abstract]

Warrant Liabilities [Text Block]

8. Warrant Liability

Pursuant to FASB ASC 815, the Company is required to report the value of certain warrants as a liability at fair value and record the changes in the fair value of the warrant liabilities as a gain or loss in its statement of operations due to the price-based anti-dilution rights of the warrants.

During June 2012, the Company issued warrants to purchase a total of 15,000,000 shares of common stock to Visser under the Visser MTA Agreement (see note 3). These warrants had an original exercise price of $0.22 per share and expire on June 1, 2017 and were originally valued at $4,260. The foregoing warrants have certain anti-dilution and exercise price reset provisions which qualify the warrants to be classified as a liability under FASB ASC 815. As a result of paying down our convertible notes with common stock, which resulted in an anti-dilution impact, the exercise price of these warrants was reduced to $0.21 as of December 31, 2012 and $0.18 as of September 30, 2013. In addition, the number of shares to be issued under the warrants as a result of the anti-dilution provision increased to 15,776,632 and 18,539,762 as of December 31, 2012 and September 30, 2013, respectively. As of September 30, 2013, these warrants were valued at $2,323 under the Black Sholes valuation model utilizing the following assumptions: (i) expected life of 3.67 years, (ii) volatility of 148%, (iii) risk-free interest rate of 1.39%, and (iv) dividend rate of 0. The change in warrant value for these warrants for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 was a loss of $1,318 and $1,063, respectively.

On July 2, 2012, the Company issued warrants to purchase a total of 18,750,000 shares of common stock related to the July 2012 Private Placement (see note 3). These warrants have an exercise price of $0.384 per share and expire on July 2, 2017 and were originally valued at $5,053. The foregoing warrants have certain anti-dilution and exercise price reset provisions which qualify the warrants to be classified as a liability under FASB ASC 815. As of September 30, 2013, these warrants were valued at $2,158 under the Black Sholes valuation model utilizing the following assumptions: (i) expected life of 3.75 years, (ii) volatility of 147%, (iii) risk-free interest rate of 1.39%, and (iv) dividend rate of 0. The change in warrant value for these warrants for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 was a loss of $1,193 and $652, respectively.

The following table summarizes the change in the Company’s warrant liability as of September 30, 2013:

	Visser MTA		July 2, 2012
	Agreement		Private Placement		Total

Beginning Balance - December 31, 2012	$	1,260	$	1,506		2,766
Change in value of warrant liability, loss		1,063		652		1,715
Ending Balance - September 30, 2013	$	2,323	$	2,158	$	4,481

The Company had warrants to purchase 67,069,319 and 64,306,189 shares of common stock outstanding as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Of these, warrants to purchase 37,289,762 shares were valued and classified as a liability under FASB ASC 815 (see note 11).

Note 9 - Other Long-term Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Other Liabilities and Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption [Abstract]

Other Liabilities Disclosure [Text Block]

9. Other Long-term Liabilities

Other long-term liabilities balance was $856 as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, and consists of long-term, aged payables to vendors, individuals, and other third parties that have been outstanding for more than 5 years. The Company is in the process of researching and resolving the balances for settlement and/or write-off.

Note 10 - Stock Compensation Plan

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]

10. Stock Compensation Plan

Under the Company’s 2002 Equity Incentive Plan which provided for the grant of stock options to officers, employees, consultants and directors of the Company and its subsidiaries, the Company granted options to purchase the Company’s common stock. All options granted under this plan had exercise prices that were equal to the fair market value on the date of grant. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company did not grant any options under this plan. The Company had outstanding grants of options to purchase 2,720,000 and 3,392,000 shares of the Company’s common stock as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

On June 28, 2012, the Company adopted the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, with the approval of the shareholders, which provided for the grant of stock options to officers, employees, consultants and directors of the Company and its subsidiaries. All options granted under this plan had exercise prices that were equal to the fair market value on the dates of grant. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company granted options to purchase 12,867,500 shares of common stock. Under this plan, the Company had grants of options to purchase 12,677,500 and 330,000 shares of the Company’s common stock as of September 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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Note 11 - Shareholders' Deficit

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

11. Shareholders’ Deficit

Common stock

In June 2012, the Company issued 30,000,000 shares of common stock to Visser in connection with the Visser MTA Agreement (see note 3).

Pursuant to the terms of the Company’s Senior Convertible Notes issued in the July 2012 Private Placement, the Company opted to pay the twelve monthly installment payments prior to the September 1, 2013 maturity date with shares of the Company’s common stock. Upon final settlement, the Company had issued 163,641,547 shares of common stock at a weighted average conversion price of $0.0774, for the twelve installment payments due under the notes, consisting of $12,000 principal and $680 of interest (see notes 3 and 7).

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the holders of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock converted all of the outstanding 506,936 shares of preferred stock into 16,896,070 shares of the Company’s common stock (see “Preferred stock” below). After giving effect to such conversion, the Company has no shares of preferred stock outstanding.

On February 28, 2013, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock from 400 million shares to 500 million shares.

On October 24, 2013, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock from 500 million shares to 700 million shares (see note 15).

Preferred stock

On May 1, 2009, pursuant to a Securities Purchase and Exchange Agreement, the Company issued 500,000 shares of convertible Series A-1 Preferred Stock with an original issue price of $5.00 per share and 2,625,000 shares of Series A-2 Preferred Stock with an original issue price of $5.00 per share as part of a financing transaction. In October 2009, the Company entered into an agreement with various investors to issue 180,000 shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock with identical terms as the Series A-1 Preferred Stock issued on May 1, 2009.

The Series A Preferred Stock and any accrued and unpaid dividends thereon was convertible, at the option of the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock, into common stock of the Company at a conversion price of $.10 per share in the case of the Series A-1 Preferred Stock and a conversion price of $.22 per share in the case of the Series A-2 Preferred Stock (in both cases subject to adjustments for any stock dividends, splits, combinations and similar events).

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had 506,936 shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding, consisting of 105,231 and 401,705 shares of Series A-1 and Series A-2 Preferred Stock, respectively. Preferred stock as of December 31, 2012 was $0 due to an insignificant balance, and accrued dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock as of December 31, 2012 were $222.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, all of the holders of the Company’s Series A Preferred Stock converted all of the outstanding shares of preferred stock and accrued dividends into 16,896,070 shares of the Company’s common stock. Therefore, as of September 30, 2013, the Company no longer had any outstanding Preferred Stock and the related $222 accrued dividends were reclassified to additional paid-in capital as of September 30, 2013.

Warrants

In connection with the Series A Preferred Stock issuances, warrants to purchase 29,779,557 shares of the Company’s common stock were outstanding as of December 31, 2012 and September 30, 2013. These warrants do not contain anti-dilution provisions and are reflected as equity as they do not meet the criteria under FASB ASC 815 for liability treatment. Warrants classified as equity were recorded at $18,179 as of December 31, 2012 and September 30, 2013. All of such warrants have an exercise price of $0.49 and expire on July 15, 2015.

Non-Controlling Interest

The Company’s Liquidmetal Golf subsidiary has the exclusive right and license to utilize the Company’s Liquidmetal alloy technology for purposes of golf equipment applications. Liquidmetal Technologies owns 79% of the outstanding common stock in Liquidmetal Golf. As of September 30, 2013, non-controlling interest was a deficit of $40. The December 31, 2012 non-controlling interest balance was immaterial and not recorded.

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Note 12 - Loss Per Common Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

12. Loss Per Common Share

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing earnings (loss) attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the periods. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution of securities that could share in the earnings.

Options to purchase 15,397,500 shares of common stock, at prices ranging from $0.08 to $2.49 per share, were outstanding at September 30, 2013, but were not included in the computation of diluted EPS for the same period as the inclusion would have been antidilutive, given the Company’s net loss. Warrants to purchase 67,069,319 shares of common stock, with prices ranging from $0.18 to $0.49 per share, outstanding at September 30, 2013 were not included in the computation of diluted EPS for the same period as the inclusion would have been antidilutive, given the Company’s net loss.

Options to purchase 4,352,000 shares of common stock, at prices ranging from $0.09 to $15.00 per share, were outstanding at September 30, 2012, but were not included in the computation of diluted EPS for the same period as the inclusion would have been antidilutive, given the Company’s net loss. Warrants to purchase 63,529,557 shares of common stock, with prices ranging from $0.22 to $0.49 per share, outstanding at September 30, 2012 were not included in the computation of diluted EPS for the same period as the inclusion would have been antidilutive, given the Company’s net loss. 16,896,073 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the Company’s convertible preferred stock, with conversion prices of $0.10 and $0.22 per share, outstanding at September 30, 2012 were not included in the computation of diluted EPS for the same period because the inclusion would have been antidilutive, given the Company’s net loss.

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The entire disclosure for earnings per share.

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Note 13 - Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

13. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company leases its office and warehouse facility under a lease agreement that expires on April 30, 2016. Rent payments are subject to escalations through the end of the lease term. Rent expense was $50 and $150 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively. Rent expense was $50 and $150 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively.

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The entire disclosure for commitments and contingencies.

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Note 14 - Related Party Transactions

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

14. Related Party Transactions

On August 5, 2011, the Company signed a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) with IMG Materials Group, LLC (“IMG”), a California limited liability company which is majority owned by Mr. Kang, a former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Company, to sell all of the stock of the Company’s former Chinese subsidiary, Advanced Metals Materials (“AMM”) for $720. As part of the consideration, the Company received a $200 Promissory Note due August 5, 2012, bearing an interest rate of 8% per annum. In conjunction with the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company also entered into a license agreement (the “IMG License Agreement”) with IMG to license certain patents and technical information for the limited purpose of manufacturing certain licensed products with the Company’s existing first generation die cast machines. The IMG License Agreement granted a non-exclusive license to certain product categories, as well as an exclusive license to specific types of consumer eyewear products and obligated IMG to pay the Company a running royalty based on its sales of licensed products through August 5, 2021. The Company recognized $0 in royalty revenues from IMG during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013.

On December 31, 2012, IMG and the Company signed an amendment to the IMG License Agreement whereby the $200 Promissory Note from IMG along with the accrued interest of $21 was forgiven in exchange for the return of the eyewear license to the Company. The Company accounted for this transaction as an exchange of non-monetary assets and reclassified the $221 to eyewear license fee. While the Company continues to maintain an active interest in leveraging the eyewear license for prospective opportunities in the eyewear industry from both a products and licensing perspective, the Company determined that there was insufficient historical market data on the potential license applications presently available to provide a reasonable basis to fair value the license and its period of useful life. Therefore, the Company recognized a $221 impairment loss for accounting purposes for the year ended December 31, 2012.

During 2012, the Company incurred $2 in legal fees to defend Mr. Kang, as the former Representative Director of our Korean subsidiary, against allegations relating to the Company’s Korean subsidiary’s involvement in customs reporting violations in South Korea that allegedly occurred in 2007 and 2008. The Company had agreed to reimburse Mr. Kang’s legal fees incurred on this issue through December 31, 2012.

On February 1, 2012, Mr. Tony Chung, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, converted his 10,000 shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock into a total of 565,344 shares of the Company’s common stock, including dividends received in the form of common stock. On June 13, 2013, Mr. Chung purchased 1,324,999 shares of Company’s common stock at an average share price of $0.078.

In February 2013, Mr. Abdi Mahamedi, the Company’s Chairman, converted his 58,600 shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock and 260,710 shares of Series A-2 Preferred Stock into a total of 10,387,883 shares of the Company’s common stock, including dividends received in the form of common stock. Mr. Mahamedi is a greater-than-5% beneficial owner of the Company.

Mr. Thomas Steipp, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, sold an aggregate of 400,000 shares of the common stock of the Company on August 5, 2013 pursuant to a trading plan that Mr. Steipp previously adopted under SEC Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Mr. Steipp adopted the trading plan on March 22, 2013 for the purpose of providing him with funds to satisfy certain tax liabilities as a result of the vesting on August 3, 2013 of 1,200,000 shares of Company restricted common stock held by Mr. Steipp. The restricted shares were granted to Mr. Steipp in 2010 under a previously disclosed Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated August 3, 2010, between Mr. Steipp and the Company. The trading plan also provides for the future sale of 400,000 shares of Company common stock scheduled for August 4, 2014.

In September 2013, the Company entered into Change of Control Agreements with Ricardo A. Salas, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Tony Chung, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, and certain other executive officers who are not named executive officers of the Company for SEC reporting purposes. The Change of Control Agreements provide that if the executive officer’s employment with the Company is terminated without cause during the one-year period after a change of control of the Company, then the terminated officer will receive lump sum severance compensation in an amount equal to twelve months of his then-current base salary. Under the agreements, each of the executive officers will also be entitled to the above-described severance compensation in the event he terminates his own employment within one year after a change of control because of a salary decrease or assignment to a lower-level position. In addition, upon termination, all unvested stock options related to these officers will automatically and immediately vest and shall thereafter be exercisable in accordance with the terms and provisions of the applicable award agreements.

The Company has an exclusive license agreement with LLPG, Inc. (“LLPG”), a corporation owned principally by Jack Chitayat, a former director of the Company. Under the terms of the agreement, LLPG has the right to commercialize Liquidmetal alloys, particularly precious-metal based compositions, in jewelry and high-end luxury product markets. The Company, in turn, will receive royalty payments over the life of the contract on all Liquidmetal products produced and sold by LLPG. The exclusive license agreement with LLPG expires on December 31, 2021. There were no revenues recognized from product sales and licensing fees from LLPG during 2013 and 2012.

On February 27, 2013, Mr. Chitayat converted his 28,928 shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock and 109,528 shares of Series A-2 Preferred Stock into a total of 4,626,840 shares of the Company’s common stock, including dividends received in the form of common stock. Mr. Chitayat is a greater-than-5% beneficial owner of the Company.

On January 17, 2012, February 27, 2012, March 28, 2012 and April 25, 2012, the Company issued 8% unsecured, bridge promissory notes to Visser Precision Cast, LLC that were due upon demand in the amounts of $200, $200, $350 and $300, respectively. The aggregate principal amount of $1,050 and accrued interest under the bridge promissory notes were all paid off on June 1, 2012 by utilizing a portion of the proceeds received under the financing component of the Visser MTA Agreement (see note 3). Visser is a greater-than-5% beneficial owner of the Company.

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The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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Note 15 - Subsequent Event

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

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15. Subsequent Event

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

On October 24, 2013, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to (i) increase the number of shares of common stock that the Company is authorized to issue from 500,000,000 shares to 700,000,000 shares and (ii) remove all language relating to the Company’s Series A-1 and Series A-2 Preferred Stock and the rights of the holders thereof. The amendment was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on October 28, 2013, and is therefore effective as of October 28, 2013.

Arbitration with Visser

In November 2013, the Company and Visser entered into arbitration proceedings with the Judicial Arbiter Group in Denver, CO. Both parties have filed claims alleging breaches of various obligations under the Visser MTA Agreement entered into on June 1, 2012 (see note 3).

In general, the Company has filed claims for damages against Visser for fraudulently inducing the Company to enter into the Visser MTA Agreement and harm inflicted on the Company for its failure to perform under the manufacturing component of the Visser MTA Agreement. In addition, the Company is seeking reformation and/or termination of parts of the Visser MTA Agreement in order to free the Company from the exclusive manufacturing arrangement with Visser and allow the Company to seek other manufacturing partners. Visser has also filed claims for damages against the Company alleging several violations of the Visser MTA Agreement including fraudulent contract inducement and securities fraud through alleged misrepresentations regarding the future capitalization of the Company, breach of several components of the Visser MTA Agreement through alleged inappropriate sharing of intellectual property with other business partners, as well as the lack of a qualified sales force in marketing the Company’s technology and related production efforts of Visser. Visser also requests equitable relief in the form of orders increasing its stock ownership in the Company and requiring the Company to honor its asserted rights of first refusal with respect to the Company’s technology.

The Company believes that the claims by Visser are without merit and intends to defend itself vigorously and to forcefully pursue its claims for fraudulent inducement, breach of contract and other causes of action against Visser. The Company can make no predictions regarding the outcome of this arbitration. The pendency of the dispute and the arbitration could have a material, adverse effect on the Company and its results of operations and financial condition, as well as upon the market price of the Company's common stock held by the Company's stockholders.

Common Stock Purchase Agreement

On November 8, 2013 the Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase Agreement with various institutional investors (the “investors”) that allows, but does not obligate, the Company to issue and sell up to $20 million of shares of its common stock to the investors from time to time over the 36-month period following the effectiveness of a registration statement that the Company has agreed to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission to register the resale of the stock by the investors. The Company may, in accordance with the procedures outlined in the agreement, notify the investors of the dollar amount that the Company intends to sell to the investors, subject to a maximum amount equal to the lesser of (i) a specified dollar amount set forth in the agreement and (ii) a dollar amount equal to 300% of the average daily trading volume of the company's common stock for the ten trading days immediately prior to the date of the request. Upon such a notice, the investors will be contractually obligated to purchase the shares at a purchase price equal to 90% of the lowest daily volume weighted average price of the common stock over a five-day pricing period beginning on the date of the notice.

In consideration for execution and delivery of the agreement, the Company will be issuing to each of the investors a pro rata portion of 2,666,667 shares of the Company’s common stock.

Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Revenue Recognition, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Revenue Recognition

Fair Value Measurement, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Fair Value Measurements

Level 1 —

Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2 —

Level 3 —

Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

Presentation of Items Reclassified out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Joint and Several Liabilities

Presentation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

- Definition

Disclosure of accounting policy for revenue recognition. If the entity has different policies for different types of revenue transactions, the policy for each material type of transaction is generally disclosed. If a sales transaction has multiple element arrangements (for example, delivery of multiple products, services or the rights to use assets) the disclosure may indicate the accounting policy for each unit of accounting as well as how units of accounting are determined and valued. The disclosure may encompass important judgment as to appropriateness of principles related to recognition of revenue. The disclosure also may indicate the entity's treatment of any unearned or deferred revenue that arises from the transaction.

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Note 2 - Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]

Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

	Fair Value		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3

Warrant liabilities		4,481		-	$	4,481		-

Note 7 - Convertible Note and Embedded Conversion Feature Liability (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Debt [Table Text Block]

	Convertible Note			Debt Discount			Net Total

Beginning Balance - December 31, 2012	$	7,000		$	(4,635	)	$	2,365
Installment Payments in Shares		(7,000	)		-			(7,000	)
Amortization		-			4,181			4,181
Write-off associated with convertible debt extinguishment		-			454			454
Ending Balance - September 30, 2013	$	-		$	-		$	-

Note 8 - Warrant Liability (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Warrant Liabilities [Abstract]

Schedule of Stockholders' Equity Note, Warrants or Rights [Table Text Block]

	Visser MTA		July 2, 2012
	Agreement		Private Placement		Total

Beginning Balance - December 31, 2012	$	1,260	$	1,506		2,766
Change in value of warrant liability, loss		1,063		652		1,715
Ending Balance - September 30, 2013	$	2,323	$	2,158	$	4,481

- Definition

Tabular disclosure of warrants or rights issued. Warrants and rights outstanding are derivative securities that give the holder the right to purchase securities (usually equity) from the issuer at a specific price within a certain time frame. Warrants are often included in a new debt issue to entice investors by a higher return potential. The main difference between warrants and call options is that warrants are issued and guaranteed by the company, whereas options are exchange instruments and are not issued by the company. Also, the lifetime of a warrant is often measured in years, while the lifetime of a typical option is measured in months. Disclose the title of issue of securities called for by warrants and rights outstanding, the aggregate amount of securities called for by warrants and rights outstanding, the date from which the warrants or rights are exercisable, and the price at which the warrant or right is exercisable.

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Note 3 - Significant Transactions (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended						1 Months Ended						1 Months Ended						1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Jul. 31, 2012 Warrants Part of Additional Paid in Capital [Member] Convertible Notes Payable [Member] Private Placement [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Warrants Part of Additional Paid in Capital [Member] Visser MTA Agreement [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Additional Warrants for Anti-Dilution Impact (Member) Visser MTA Agreement [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Reduced for anti-dilution impact (Member) Secured Convertible Promissory [Member] Visser MTA Agreement [Member]	Jul. 02, 2012 Convertible Notes Payable [Member] Private Placement [Member]	Jul. 31, 2013 Convertible Notes Payable [Member]	Jul. 02, 2012 Convertible Notes Payable [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Secured Convertible Promissory [Member] Visser MTA Agreement [Member]	Jun. 02, 2012 Unsecured bridge promissory note [Member]	Apr. 25, 2012 Unsecured bridge promissory note [Member]	Mar. 28, 2012 Unsecured bridge promissory note [Member]	Feb. 27, 2012 Unsecured bridge promissory note [Member]	Jan. 17, 2012 Unsecured bridge promissory note [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Visser MTA Agreement [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Visser MTA Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Visser MTA Agreement [Member]	Jul. 17, 2013 July 2, 2012 Private Placement [Member]
Note 3 - Significant Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount												$ 12,000		$ 12,000	$ 2,000	$ 1,050	$ 300	$ 350	$ 200	$ 200
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price (in Dollars per share)												$ 0.352	$ 0.0774
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage												8.00%		8.00%						8.00%
Senior Convertible Notes Arithmetic Average Percentage												87.50%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued (in Shares)	373,040,523		373,040,523			242,074,324																		163,641,547
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights (in Shares)						29,779,557		18,750,000	15,000,000	18,539,762
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per Item)	0.49		0.49					0.384			0.18
Arithmetic average of lowest weighted average prices of common stock					79.00%			87.50%
Trading days								20 days
Trading day preceding reset date								2 days
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues (in Shares)																					30,000,000
Sale of Stock, Price Per Share (in Dollars per share)																					$ 0.10	$ 0.10	$ 0.10
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Stock				3,000																	3,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Unissued (in Shares)															0.22
Investment Warrants, Exercise Price (in Dollars per share)									$ 0.22
Deferred Finance Costs, Net	0		0			399	1,355								1,789
Adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital, Warrant Issued															2,905
Share Price (in Dollars per share)																					$ 0.31	$ 0.31
Manufacturing Contract Costs (in Dollars per share)																					$ 0.21	$ 0.21
Operating Expenses	$ 1,581	$ 1,589	$ 4,564	$ 10,254																		$ 6,300

Note 4 - Liquidity and Capital Resources (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Nov. 08, 2013 Subsequent Event [Member]	Jul. 02, 2012 Visser [Member]
Note 4 - Liquidity and Capital Resources (Details) [Line Items]
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities	$ (4,028,000)	$ (3,656,000)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities	(185,000)	(64,000)
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities	74,000	12,299,000
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	3,023,000	8,701,000	7,162,000	122,000
Common Stock, Value, Issued	373,000		242,000			12,000,000
Common Stock, Shares, Issued (in Shares)	373,040,523		242,074,324			18,750,000
Share Price (in Dollars per share)						$ 0.384
Common Stock Purchase Agreement, Value of Shares Authorized to Issue and Sell to Investors (in Dollars)					$ 20,000,000

- Definition

Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Also includes short-term, highly liquid investments that are both readily convertible to known amounts of cash and so near their maturity that they present insignificant risk of changes in value because of changes in interest rates. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation.

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Note 5 - Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012
Prepaid Expenses And Other Current Assets [Abstract]
Prepaid Expense and Other Assets, Current	$ 548	$ 548	$ 689
Deferred Finance Costs, Net	0	0	399	1,355
Amortization of Deferred Charges	$ 15	$ 360

Note 6 - Patents and Trademarks, net (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012
Note 6 - Patents and Trademarks, net (Details) [Line Items]
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill)	$ 792		$ 792		$ 869
Amortization of Intangible Assets	$ 25	$ 32	$ 90	$ 101
Minimum [Member]
Note 6 - Patents and Trademarks, net (Details) [Line Items]
Average Amortization Period, Years			10 years
Maximum [Member]
Note 6 - Patents and Trademarks, net (Details) [Line Items]
Average Amortization Period, Years			17 years

Note 7 - Convertible Note and Embedded Conversion Feature Liability (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Jul. 17, 2013	Jul. 02, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jul. 02, 2012 Convertible Notes Payable [Member] Private Placement [Member]	Jul. 31, 2013 Convertible Notes Payable [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Convertible Notes Payable [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Convertible Notes Payable [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Convertible Notes Payable [Member]	Jul. 02, 2012 Convertible Notes Payable [Member]	Jul. 02, 2012 Private Placement [Member]
Note 7 - Convertible Note and Embedded Conversion Feature Liability (Details) [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount						$ 12,000					$ 12,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage						8.00%					8.00%
Embedded derivatives addition original valuation												8,865
Warrants and Rights Outstanding			4,481	4,481	2,766							5,053
Embedded conversion feature liability and warrants												13,918
Debt Instrument, Unamortized Discount		12,000								4,635
Change in face value of the embedded conversion feature liability and warrants		1,918
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Conversion of Convertible Securities (in Shares)							163,641,547
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price (in Dollars per share)						$ 0.352	$ 0.0774
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment (in Dollars)							12,000		7,000
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Interest (in Dollars)							680
Interest Expense, Debt								21	242
Convertible Debt			0	0	2,365					2,365
Debt Conversion, Original Debt, Amount	12,000
Debt Conversion, Converted Instrument, Shares Issued (in Shares)	18,679,584
Gains (Losses) on Extinguishment of Debt	$ 91		$ 91	$ 91

Note 7 - Convertible Note and Embedded Conversion Feature Liability (Details) - Convertible Note, Net of Debt Discount (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Jul. 02, 2012	Jul. 31, 2013 Convertible Notes Payable [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Convertible Notes Payable [Member]
Note 7 - Convertible Note and Embedded Conversion Feature Liability (Details) - Convertible Note, Net of Debt Discount [Line Items]
Beginning Balance - December 31, 2012								$ 7,000
Beginning Balance - December 31, 2012						(12,000)		(4,635)
Beginning Balance - December 31, 2012			2,365		0			2,365
Installment Payments in Shares							(12,000)	(7,000)
Amortization	361	6,247	6,504	6,247				4,181
Write-off associated with convertible debt extinguishment								$ 454

Note 8 - Warrant Liability (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012 Visser MTA Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Visser MTA Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Visser MTA Agreement [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Visser MTA Agreement [Member]	Jul. 02, 2012 July 2, 2012 Private Placement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 July 2, 2012 Private Placement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 July 2, 2012 Private Placement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Warrants valued as liability [Member]
Note 8 - Warrant Liability (Details) [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding (in Shares)			15,000,000
Investment Warrants, Exercise Price (in Dollars per share)			$ 0.22				$ 0.384
Original valuation - June & July 2012			$ 4,260				$ 5,053
Class of warrant or right adjusted exercise price of warrants or rights (in Dollars per Item)				0.18	0.18	0.21
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights (in Shares)		29,779,557		18,539,762	18,539,762	15,776,632	18,750,000			37,289,762
Warrants that were Exercised					2,323				2,158
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Term					3 years 244 days				3 years 9 months
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Volatility Rate					148.00%				147.00%
Fair Value Assumptions, Risk Free Interest Rate					1.39%				1.39%
Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate					0.00%				0.00%
Change in Warrant Valuation, Gain (loss)				$ (1,318)	$ (1,063)			$ (1,193)	$ (652)
Warrants to purchase shares (in Shares)	67,069,319	64,306,189

Note 8 - Warrant Liability (Details) - Warrant Liability (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Beginning Balance - December 31, 2012	$ 2,766
Change in value of warrant liability, loss	1,715
Ending Balance - September 30, 2013	4,481
Visser MTA Agreement [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Beginning Balance - December 31, 2012	1,260
Change in value of warrant liability, loss	1,063
Ending Balance - September 30, 2013	2,323
July 2, 2012 Private Placement [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Beginning Balance - December 31, 2012	1,506
Change in value of warrant liability, loss	652
Ending Balance - September 30, 2013	$ 2,158

Note 9 - Other Long-term Liabilities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Other Liabilities and Financial Instruments Subject to Mandatory Redemption [Abstract]
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent	$ 856	$ 856
Period for outstanding liability	5 years

Note 10 - Stock Compensation Plan (Details)	9 Months Ended
Note 10 - Stock Compensation Plan (Details)	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Note 10 - Stock Compensation Plan (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Number	12,677,500	330,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross	12,867,500
2002 Equity Incentive Plan [Member]
Note 10 - Stock Compensation Plan (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Number	2,720,000	3,392,000

Note 11 - Shareholders' Deficit (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended									9 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
Note 11 - Shareholders' Deficit (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Oct. 24, 2013 Original Amount (Member) Certificate of Incorporation (Member)	Feb. 28, 2013 Original Amount (Member) Certificate of Incorporation (Member)	Oct. 24, 2013 New Amount (Member) Certificate of Incorporation (Member)	Feb. 28, 2013 New Amount (Member) Certificate of Incorporation (Member)	May 01, 2009 Convertible series A1 Preferred Stock [Member]	May 01, 2009 Convertible series A2 Preferred Stock [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Common Stock [Member] Visser MTA Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Common Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Feb. 27, 2013 Convertible series A1 Preferred Stock [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Convertible series A1 Preferred Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Convertible series A1 Preferred Stock [Member]	Oct. 31, 2009 Convertible series A1 Preferred Stock [Member]	May 01, 2009 Convertible series A1 Preferred Stock [Member]	Feb. 27, 2013 Convertible series A2 Preferred Stock [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Convertible series A2 Preferred Stock [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Convertible series A2 Preferred Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Common Stock - Issued upon conversion [Member]	Jul. 31, 2013 July 2012 Private Placement senior convertible note [Member]
Note 11 - Shareholders' Deficit (Details) [Line Items]
Common Stock, Shares, Issued	242,074,324	373,040,523	373,040,523								30,000,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, New Issues												114,070,129												163,641,547
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price (in Dollars per share)																								$ 0.0774
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment (in Dollars)																								$ 12,000,000
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment, Interest (in Dollars)																								680,000
Conversion of Stock, Shares Converted (in Shares)													506,936		28,928	58,600				109,528	260,710		16,896,070
Convertible Preferred Stock, Shares Issued upon Conversion (in Shares)				16,896,073									16,896,070
Common Stock, Shares Authorized (in Shares)	400,000,000	500,000,000	500,000,000		500,000,000	400,000,000	700,000,000	500,000,000
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued	506,936	0	0							2,625,000								180,000	500,000
Convertible preferred stock conversion price (in Dollars per share)									$ 5.00	$ 5.00
Preferred Stock, Shares Outstanding	506,936	0	0											506,936			105,231					401,705
Preferred Stock, Value, Issued (in Dollars)	0
Dividends, Preferred Stock (in Dollars)	222,000
Adjustments to Additional Paid in Capital, Reclassification of Accured Preferred Stock Dividends (in Dollars)			222,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights	29,779,557
Warrants classified equity was reduced (in Dollars)	18,179,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per Item)		0.49	0.49
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		79.00%	79.00%
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest (in Dollars)		$ (32,000)	$ (40,000)

Note 12 - Loss Per Common Share (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
Note 12 - Loss Per Common Share (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Note 12 - Loss Per Common Share (Details) [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per Item)	0.49
Convertible Preferred Stock, Shares Issued upon Conversion (in Shares)		16,896,073
Options [Member]
Note 12 - Loss Per Common Share (Details) [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount (in Shares)	15,397,500	4,352,000
Options [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Note 12 - Loss Per Common Share (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price		$ 0.09
Options [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Note 12 - Loss Per Common Share (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price		$ 15.00
Warrant [Member]
Note 12 - Loss Per Common Share (Details) [Line Items]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount (in Shares)	67,069,319	63,529,557
Warrant [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Note 12 - Loss Per Common Share (Details) [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per Item)	0.18	0.22
Warrant [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Note 12 - Loss Per Common Share (Details) [Line Items]
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in Dollars per Item)	0.49	0.49
Minimum [Member]
Note 12 - Loss Per Common Share (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 0.08
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price		$ 0.10
Maximum [Member]
Note 12 - Loss Per Common Share (Details) [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 2.49
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price		$ 0.22

- Definition

Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Note 14 - Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		0 Months Ended						0 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 27, 2013	Feb. 28, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Aug. 03, 2013 Restricted Stock [Member] Chief Executive Officer [Member]	Jun. 02, 2012 Unsecured bridge promissory note [Member]	Apr. 25, 2012 Unsecured bridge promissory note [Member]	Mar. 28, 2012 Unsecured bridge promissory note [Member]	Feb. 27, 2012 Unsecured bridge promissory note [Member]	Jan. 17, 2012 Unsecured bridge promissory note [Member]	Jun. 13, 2013 Convertible series A1 Preferred Stock [Member] Chief Financial Officer [Member]	Feb. 02, 2012 Convertible series A1 Preferred Stock [Member] Chief Financial Officer [Member]	Feb. 27, 2013 Convertible series A1 Preferred Stock [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Convertible series A1 Preferred Stock [Member]	Feb. 27, 2013 Convertible series A2 Preferred Stock [Member]	Feb. 28, 2013 Convertible series A2 Preferred Stock [Member]	Aug. 05, 2011 Innovative Materials Group [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Innovative Materials Group [Member]	Aug. 05, 2012 Innovative Materials Group [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Former Chairman [Member]	Aug. 05, 2013 Chief Executive Officer [Member]	Aug. 03, 2013 Chief Executive Officer [Member]	Feb. 27, 2012 Unsecured bridge promissory note [Member]	Jan. 17, 2012 Unsecured bridge promissory note [Member]
Note 14 - Related Party Transactions (Details) [Line Items]
Sale of Stock, Consideration Received Per Transaction																$ 720
Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable, Gross, Current			200													200
Notes receivable interest rate during period																		8.00%
Royalty Revenue																	0
Debt Instrument, Increase, Accrued Interest			21
License Costs			221
Asset Impairment Charges			221
Legal Fees																			2
Conversion of Stock, Shares Converted (in Shares)											10,000	28,928	58,600	109,528	260,710
Conversion of Stock, Shares Issued (in Shares)	4,626,840	10,387,883									565,344
Sale of Stock, Number of Shares Issued in Transaction (in Shares)										1,324,999
Sale of Stock, Price Per Share (in Dollars per share)										$ 0.078
Sale of Common Stock by Stock Holders, Shares (in Shares)																				400,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period (in Shares)				1,200,000
Future Sale of Common Stock by Stock Holders, Shares (in Shares)																					400,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage									8.00%														8.00%
Debt Instrument, Face Amount					$ 1,050	$ 300	$ 350	$ 200	$ 200													$ 200	$ 200

Note 15 - Subsequent Event (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Nov. 08, 2013 Subsequent Event [Member] Consideration for Execution and Delivery of Agreement [Member]	Nov. 08, 2013 Subsequent Event [Member]	Oct. 24, 2013 Subsequent Event [Member]
Note 15 - Subsequent Event (Details) [Line Items]
Common Stock, Shares Authorized (in Shares)	500,000,000	400,000,000			700,000,000
Common Stock Purchase Agreement, Value of Shares Authorized to Issue and Sell to Investors (in Dollars)				$ 20
Percent of Average Daily Trading Volume of Company's Common Stock				300.00%
Percent of Lowest Daily Volume Weighted Average Price of Common Stock				90.00%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued (in Shares)	373,040,523	242,074,324	2,666,667

Note 1 - Description of Business (Details)	9 Months Ended
Note 1 - Description of Business (Details)	Sep. 30, 2013
Disclosure Text Block [Abstract]
Percentages of stronger than zirconium titanium Liquidmetal alloys	250.00%

Note 2 - Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Details) - Fair Value of Items Measured on a Recurring Basis (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2013
Note 2 - Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Details) - Fair Value of Items Measured on a Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Warrant liabilities	$ 4,481
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Note 2 - Basis of Presentation and Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Details) - Fair Value of Items Measured on a Recurring Basis [Line Items]
Warrant liabilities	$ 4,481