BioInspired! So What? Now What!

The site includes references to a large number of projects, including biotechnology (including plant genome research and bioplastics), the environment and renewable energy.  Health and Safety includes a project to create autonomous firefighting beetles based on the form of the pill millipede, using infrared and biosensors to discover fires. 

Unfortunately, the website seems to only list the university doing the research - finding more details can be difficult.  The bioplastics project appears to refer to Genome sequence of the bioplastic-producing "Knallgas" bacterium Ralstonia eutropha H16, a bacterium that can subsist on H2 and CO2 alone for energy and carbon and can produce various polyesters.