EXHIBIT 31

        CERTIFICATION UNDER SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

       I, Elwin M. Beaty, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer of Scanner Technologies Corporation, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-KSB of Scanner Technologies
Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with
respect to the period covered by this annual report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material
respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
small business issuer as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the
small business issuer and have:

a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that
material information relating to the small business issuer, including its
consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities,
particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the small business issuer's disclosure
controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the
period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

c) Disclosed in this report any change in the small business issuer's internal
control over financial reporting that occurred during the small business
issuer's most recent quarter (the small business issuer's fourth quarter in the
case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to materially affect, the small business issuer's internal control over
financial reporting; and

5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the small business issuer's auditors and the audit
committee of the small business issuer's board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):

a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the small business issuer's ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and

b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the small business issuer's control
over financial reporting.


                                                 By: /s/ Elwin M. Beaty
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        Dated: March 29, 2004                    Elwin M. Beaty
                                                    Chief Executive Officer and
                                                    Chief Financial Officer