Cole Macgrath, the best example of the Ray sphere's benefits to a person.
The Ray Sphere is a small, round device that was researched and constructed by the First Sons as a way to grant powers to living creatures. The device was first tested on animals such as Rats and Chimps, which initially killed the animals off. But, in later experiments, granted them powers. The specimens were killed afterwords. The Ray Sphere was given to Cole MacGrath to deliver to a specified location but was set to detonate at a precise time. Cole was holding the Ray Sphere when it activated, creating a large electrical explosion that vaporized people in the immediate vicinity of Cole and killed of thousands more as well as granting Cole his unique Electrical abilities.
The Ray Sphere was picked up by John Whiten after the explosion, who lost it to Alden and the The Dustmen. Alden retained ownership of the Ray Sphere until Zeke and Cole stole it despite assistance from Dust Men and Golem's. Zeke pried the Sphere from Alden's Cradle and was caught between Alden and Kessler but Zeke realized he could gain superpowers like those around him by using the Sphere and so activated it before Cole could stop him. However the Ray Sphere's second activation didn't have Zeke's desired results instead of Giving him powers it did nothing. Kessler realizing what the situation is uses it to his advantage and claims to have the solution to Zeke's problem and knows how to give him superpowers.Zeke looks at Cole and then runs into Kessler's Helicopter and takes off before handing the Ray Sphere over to Kessler.
Kessler dropped Zeke off and had possession of the Ray Sphere until the end of the game, wherein Cole and John recover the Ray Sphere and Cole either Destroys it, causing John to get sucked into a vortex, or activates it again to double his powers either way John is gone. The Ray Sphere has some flaws in the way it grants powers as it doesn't grant everyone within the Radius powers but normally grants the user a vast array of Powers. The Person using the Device also has to be a Conduit to be granted abilities as shown when Zeke activated the Ray Sphere and gained no powers, the device also didn't work as normal and didn't kill thousands of innocents. The Ray Sphere can also enhance abilities to superhuman proportion such as Alden Mental abilities into powerful telekinetic abilities and Sasha's power of persuasion into a mind control tar.
The Ray Sphere is said to contain something inside that grants users abilities what it is at this time is unknown but Kessler accelerated the Research so it may be more developed than the one from his own timeline and the results granted numerous individuals/Conduit's abilities such as the Dust Men's enhanced intelligence and Golem making abilities, The First Son's Conduits have cloaking/Invisibility or the ability to project an electrical Aura. The Reaper Conduits ability to teleport and use electrical ground shock's, a noticeable feature of Conduits is that they are taller than regular people. Cole MacGrath, Alden Tate, and Sasha, are more powerful conduits and are the sam size as regular people.
Interesting to note is that when Cole used the Ray Sphere a second time, only a pier was destroyed but his powers doubled. It could be explained that his Power's doubled when John and the First Son's guarding the Ray Sphere could have been killed to double Cole's power.