A device configured as a motor, generator, or transmission (100, 200, 300, 406, 506, 514) comprising: a stator support extending longitudinally in a first direction (106, 206, 306), the stator support having a first stator (110, 210, 310) and a second stator (112, 212, 312) spaced apart from the first stator (110, 210, 310) in the first direction (106, 206, 306); a rotor (104, 204, 304) rotatably coupled with the stator support, the rotor (104, 204, 304) having an axis of rotation (106, 206, 306) and a longitudinal support structure (108, 208, 308) extending in the first direction (106, 206, 306); and a first interactive field element (114, 214, 314) slidably coupled with the longitudinal support structure (108, 208, 308) to translate along the longitudinal support structure (108, 208, 308) parallel to its axis of rotation (106, 206, 306) between a first orientation where the first stator (110, 210, 310) is engaged with the first interactive field element (114, 214, 314), a second orientation where the second stator (112, 212, 312) is engaged with the first interactive field element (114, 214, 314), and a third orientation where neither the first stator (110, 210, 310) nor the second stator (112, 212, 312) is engaged with the first interactive field element (114, 214, 314), at least a second interactive field element (114, 214, 314) slidably coupled with the longitudinal support structure (108, 208, 308) to translate along the longitudinal support structure (108, 208, 308) parallel to its axis of rotation (106, 206, 306) between the first orientation in which the first stator (110, 210, 310) is engaged with the second interactive field element (114, 214, 314), the second orientation in which the second stator (112, 212, 312) is engaged with the second interactive field element (114, 214, 314), and the third orientation in which neither the first stator (110, 210, 310) nor the second stator (112, 212, 312) is engaged with the second interactive field element (114, 214, 314), wherein the first stator (110, 210, 310) comprises a first wire winding having a first winding configuration and the second stator (112, 212, 312) comprises a second wire winding having a second winding configuration different from the first winding configuration, wherein the interactive field elements (114, 214, 314) are each independently slidably coupled with the longitudinal support structure (108, 208, 308) and spaced apart from one another at a periphery of an outer surface of the rotor (104, 204, 304) to form together a ring when the interactive field elements (114, 214, 314) are all in the first, all in the second or all in the third orientation. a stator support extending longitudinally in a first direction (106, 206, 306), the stator support having a first stator (110, 210, 310) and a second stator (112, 212, 312) spaced apart from the first stator (110, 210, 310) in the first direction (106, 206, 306); a rotor (104, 204, 304) rotatably coupled with the stator support, the rotor (104, 204, 304) having an axis of rotation (106, 206, 306) and a longitudinal support structure (108, 208, 308) extending in the first direction (106, 206, 306); and a first interactive field element (114, 214, 314) slidably coupled with the longitudinal support structure (108, 208, 308) to translate along the longitudinal support structure (108, 208, 308) parallel to its axis of rotation (106, 206, 306) between a first orientation where the first stator (110, 210, 310) is engaged with the first interactive field element (114, 214, 314), a second orientation where the second stator (112, 212, 312) is engaged with the first interactive field element (114, 214, 314), and a third orientation where neither the first stator (110, 210, 310) nor the second stator (112, 212, 312) is engaged with the first interactive field element (114, 214, 314), at least a second interactive field element (114, 214, 314) slidably coupled with the longitudinal support structure (108, 208, 308) to translate along the longitudinal support structure (108, 208, 308) parallel to its axis of rotation (106, 206, 306) between the first orientation in which the first stator (110, 210, 310) is engaged with the second interactive field element (114, 214, 314), the second orientation in which the second stator (112, 212, 312) is engaged with the second interactive field element (114, 214, 314), and the third orientation in which neither the first stator (110, 210, 310) nor the second stator (112, 212, 312) is engaged with the second interactive field element (114, 214, 314), wherein the first stator (110, 210, 310) comprises a first wire winding having a first winding configuration and the second stator (112, 212, 312) comprises a second wire winding having a second winding configuration different from the first winding configuration, wherein the interactive field elements (114, 214, 314) are each independently slidably coupled with the longitudinal support structure (108, 208, 308) and spaced apart from one another at a periphery of an outer surface of the rotor (104, 204, 304) to form together a ring when the interactive field elements (114, 214, 314) are all in the first, all in the second or all in the third orientation.