EXHIBIT 31.02 CFO

Certifications


I, Mel P. Melsheimer, Chief Financial Officer of the Company,
certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of
Harris & Harris Group, Inc.

2. Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state 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 report;

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

4. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13(a)-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:

a. designed such disclosure controls and procedures or
caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be
designed under our supervision, to ensure that
material information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known
to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report is being
prepared;

b. evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in
this report our 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
registrants' internal control over financial reporting
that occurred during the registrant's most recent
fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth quarter in the
case of an annual report) that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
affect, the registrant's internal control over
financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officers 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 registrant's board of
directors (or persons fulfilling the equivalent function):

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 registrant'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 registrant's internal control over
financial reporting.


By: /s/ Mel P. Melsheimer
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Date: August 12, 2004 Mel P. Melsheimer,
Chief Financial Officer