A soft translating contact lens , comprising: a dome-shaped flexible sheet of material, comprising: (a) a non-optic zone comprising the periphery of the dome-shaped flexible sheet of material, wherein the non-optic zone is configured to cover a portion of the cornea and portion of the sclera of an eye, wherein the non-optic zone comprises: an upper peripheral zone comprising an upper part of the periphery of the dome-shaped flexible sheet of material, a lower peripheral zone comprising a lower part of the periphery of the dome-shaped flexible sheet of material, and at least one slit , each slit is an elongated portion cut out of the lens; each slit maintains a gap extending from the periphery of the contact lens until the base of the slit towards an inner region of the contact lens when the slit is in a normally neutral state; and each slit is configured to open and close, thereby allowing the flexibility of the lens periphery in order to modify the curvature of the disk-shaped contact lens, ,and wherein the curvature of the dome-shaped flexible sheet of material is dynamically adaptable, by virtue of at least one of the upper and lower peripheral zones being structured to laterally expand and contract; and (b) an optic zone disposed in an area of the dome-shaped flexible sheet of material that lies between the upper and lower peripheral zones, wherein the optic zone is configured to align with a visual axis of the eye. (a) a non-optic zone comprising the periphery of the dome-shaped flexible sheet of material, wherein the non-optic zone is configured to cover a portion of the cornea and portion of the sclera of an eye, wherein the non-optic zone comprises: an upper peripheral zone comprising an upper part of the periphery of the dome-shaped flexible sheet of material, a lower peripheral zone comprising a lower part of the periphery of the dome-shaped flexible sheet of material, and at least one slit , each slit is an elongated portion cut out of the lens; each slit maintains a gap extending from the periphery of the contact lens until the base of the slit towards an inner region of the contact lens when the slit is in a normally neutral state; and each slit is configured to open and close, thereby allowing the flexibility of the lens periphery in order to modify the curvature of the disk-shaped contact lens, ,and wherein the curvature of the dome-shaped flexible sheet of material is dynamically adaptable, by virtue of at least one of the upper and lower peripheral zones being structured to laterally expand and contract; and an upper peripheral zone comprising an upper part of the periphery of the dome-shaped flexible sheet of material, a lower peripheral zone comprising a lower part of the periphery of the dome-shaped flexible sheet of material, and at least one slit , each slit is an elongated portion cut out of the lens; each slit maintains a gap extending from the periphery of the contact lens until the base of the slit towards an inner region of the contact lens when the slit is in a normally neutral state; and each slit is configured to open and close, thereby allowing the flexibility of the lens periphery in order to modify the curvature of the disk-shaped contact lens, ,and wherein the curvature of the dome-shaped flexible sheet of material is dynamically adaptable, by virtue of at least one of the upper and lower peripheral zones being structured to laterally expand and contract; and (b) an optic zone disposed in an area of the dome-shaped flexible sheet of material that lies between the upper and lower peripheral zones, wherein the optic zone is configured to align with a visual axis of the eye. <EOS>