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 quarterly report on Form 10-QSB of Scanner
Technologies Corporation;
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| | 2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact necessary to make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this quarterly report.
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| | 3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
financial information included in this quarterly 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;
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| | 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:
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| |  | 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;
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| |  | 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
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| |  | 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 fiscal
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
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| | 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):
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| |  | 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
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| |  | b) |  | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or
other employees who have a significant role in the small business issuers internal control over financial reporting.
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|Dated:   May 16, 2005 | By:                                                                | /s/   Elwin M. Beaty
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|                      | Elwin M. Beaty Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

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