Fortunately for writers, sitting relatively motionless for hours on end is a sign we are doing our jobs. For others however, the technology being developed by KDDI Corporation, one of Japan's biggest cell phone makers, could prove problematic.

As Asiajin points out, the idea would be to embed software into an employee's cell phone that could track specific movements using the phone's accelerometer. For example, if you work in construction, the phone would recognize the movement generated by hammering nails, pouring cement and so on. On the other hand, your phone could also recognize when these movements aren't being recorded, and reveal those smoke breaks you take every 30 minutes.

At first, the employee would have to input the task being performed so that the server analyzing the data can learn the specific movements and match them against future actions.

There's no telling when or if this technology will ever see the light of day, but it is pretty frightening stuff nonetheless. If it does happen, perhaps you can outsmart the system in the analysis phase by passing off the motion of your lunch breaks as actual work.