Hi Anna, like you I am thinking about/planing to move to San Fransisco and the bay area, I am doing it for a slightly different reason ( I am active in a area within roboitics called Self-reconfiguring modular robotics) but I found this post full of useful information, http://startups.ryanjunee.com/an-introduction-to-silicon-val...

FEBlog, I'm very much interested in robotics. Infact I code just hoping to learn robotics someday and that my programming skill can come in handy for it.

I just saw your profile, says you 'document' your experiences. You have a blog?

I am looking for ways to do this kind of prototyping in small volumes 2, 3 or 5 cm3 and I might need to use flexibel PCB how much harder would this be?