How to ignite your research career when your advisor is so disappointing?

How to ignite your research career when your advisor is so disappointing and you can learn nothing from him?

He rarely publish academic papers, but he has his hands on many pies(engineering projects) and has no time to give any suggestions and directions for my MS project. I think nothing can be learnt from him. How should I startup my own research career under such a condition?

Thanks.