BABY TECHNOLOGY- NEW GADGETS hey may be too young to have their own email address - let alone go shopping - but newborns and infants are being viewed by many tech start-ups as the next big thing. A baby boom in gadget sales, if you will. But as the amount of tech-for-tots grows, should parents think twice about opening their purses? Is synching your baby to your smartphone, in fact, a step too far? The makers of one wearable - currently taking pre-orders from US customers - is offering exactly that scenario. The Owlet Smart Sock is a small device designed to be worn around the foot of an infant, which sends the data it gathers to an associated mobile app. The Salt Lake City-based firm behind the project, Owlet Care, says it will monitor the baby's: heart rate oxygen levels position sleep patterns skin temperature The Owlet Smart Sock sends details of the baby's vitals to a smartphone app "Every parent knows what it's like to lay in bed a...