--- description: Find out why Acuvue Oasys with Transitions is on TIME's list of the best inventions of 2018. title: Contact Lenses That Adjust to Light: The 50 Best Inventions of 2018 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd922592f5cccff76/69893ee9656a3f1fa7bd5f47/acuvue-oasya-best-inventions-2018-08.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 15, 2018 # Contact Lenses That Adjust to Light Acuvue Oasys with Transitions by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Andrew Myers for TIME Imagine never having to shield your eyes from blinding sunlight, or feel the strain of eight-plus hours under fluorescent bulbs. That’s the allure of [Acuvue](https://www.acuvue.com/acuvue-oasys-transition-contact-lenses "undefined")’s forthcoming line of light-sensitive, vision-correcting contact lenses (developed in partnership with Transitions Optical). Each contains a filter that senses the amount of light entering your eye and automatically darkens or lightens to maximize comfort. “We had to overcome a huge technology hurdle to make this happen,” says David Turner, head of contact-lens research and development at Acuvue’s parent company, Johnson & Johnson Vision. The contacts, which have been in the works for over a decade, received FDA clearance in April. Turner expects them to go on sale early next year. _—Jamie Ducharme_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2018/5455664/acuvue-oasys-with-transitions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2018/5455664/acuvue-oasys-with-transitions/"},"headline":"Contact Lenses That Adjust to Light: The 50 Best Inventions of 2018","datePublished":"2018-11-15T13:46:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:29:01.450Z","description":"Find out why Acuvue Oasys with Transitions is on TIME's list of the best inventions of 2018.","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2018/5455664/acuvue-oasys-with-transitions/","keywords":["best inventions","Best Inventions 2018"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd922592f5cccff76/69893ee9656a3f1fa7bd5f47/acuvue-oasya-best-inventions-2018-08.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd922592f5cccff76/69893ee9656a3f1fa7bd5f47/acuvue-oasya-best-inventions-2018-08.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2018/5455664/acuvue-oasys-with-transitions/","name":"Contact Lenses That Adjust to Light: The 50 Best Inventions of 2018"}}]}] ```