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The sensors are based on variations of the Young\u2019s and shear moduli of the POF with variations in temperature and relative humidity. The system comprises two POFs, each with a predefined torsion stress that resulted in a variation in the fiber refractive index due to the stress-optic effect. Because there is a correlation between stress and material properties, the variation in temperature and humidity causes a variation in the fiber\u2019s stress, which leads to variations in the fiber refractive index. Only two photodiodes comprise the sensor interrogation, resulting in a simple and low-cost system capable of measuring humidity in the range of 5\u201397% and temperature in the range of 21\u201346 \u00b0C. The root mean squared errors (RMSEs) between the proposed sensors and the reference were 1.12 \u00b0C and 1.36% for the measurements of temperature and relative humidity, respectively. 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