Dubai (CNN) A Dubai beauty salon is giving new meaning to the phrase "broken nails". Lanour Beauty Lounge offers a tiny microchip for customers' nails.

The chips can have embedded information that allows them to be used as a digital business card, or to transmit information such as an Instagram handle.
They use near-field communication technology to connect to mobile devices. "We install the information you want, like your name, your mobile number, your social media accounts and your website as well," show founder Nour Makarem told CNN.
Makarem began offering "smart nails" after the pandemic hit. "The only challenge was to make it small enough to fit in a nail," she said.
Lanour Beauty Lounge says it has performed more than 500 microprocessor manicures. Makarem hopes the nail microchip will have other uses in the future, from digital restaurant menus for waiters to contactless payments.