Mueller device

A Mueller device is a mysterious piece of technology in the US television series, Alias. It usually appears as a hook-shaped armature which levitates a red-orange liquid-filled sphere. It is named for Oskar Mueller, an alchemist who was believed to have invented it, though it is later revealed to have been invented by Milo Rambaldi. Based on dialogue throughout the series, it apparently works by containing compressed liquid in an ionization sphere, and can perhaps alter the substances it contains. The device first appears and is identified in the very first episode of the series. The first device seen is small and portable, easily transported by one person. It is by single-handedly obtaining this first device that Sydney Bristow allays the suspicions of Arvin Sloane regarding her loyalty to SD-6. When Sydney unhooks the device from its power supply, the levitating sphere collapses into what appears to be ordinary water. The device next appears in the final episode of season 1.... full article at wikipedia