**Exhibit 31.1**

 

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO

EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-1(a) or RULE 15d-14(a)

(AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002)

I, Eberhard Schoneburg, certify that: 

| 1. | I have reviewed thisquarterly report on Form 10-Q of Artificial Life, Inc.; |
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| 2. | Based on my knowledge,this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make thestatements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report; |
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| 3. | Based on my knowledge,the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects thefinancial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
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| 4. | The registrant’sother certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
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|   | (a) | Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, toensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
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|   | (b) | Designed such internalcontrol over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements forexternal purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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|   | (c) | Evaluated theeffectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about theeffectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on suchevaluation; and |
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|   | (d) | Disclosed in thisreport any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’smost recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting,and |
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| 5. | The registrant’sother certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting,to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions): |
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|   | (a) | All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonablylikely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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|   | (b) | Any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controlover financial reporting. |
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Date: August 5, 2010

 

| /s/ Eberhard Schoneburg    |
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Eberhard Schoneburg

Chief Executive Officer 

 

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