Office workers the world over will know what it is like to keep an eye on the coffee machine, so that breaks are well-timed.

Many look forward to their little break away from the desk and want to make sure that they avoid a queue and take a coffee at just the right time for them.

Help, you’ll be pleased to hear, is at hand, thanks to a new design of coffee machine.

So what is it?

Qualcomm unveiled its new product at the Mobile World Congress.

It is a coffee machine which is Wi-Fi and can be operated remotely.

Good hey?

That means that employees can send their instructions to the machine at times that suit them, rather than hanging around in a queue and so on.

The machine is powered with Atheros 4100 chips.

Users can order a cup of coffee from their desk (or sofa, or wherever) by using a tablet.

They can customise the drink in terms of size, strength and brewing time.

Once the coffee is ready, the machine alerts the user.

The bad news?

This is not a working prototype, but rather an example of things that are possible and might follow in the future.

Not a bad idea, hey?

Watch this space.