Form: S-8

Securities to be offered to employees in employee benefit plans

May 12, 2009

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated March 13, 2009 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Harris & Harris Group, Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.




/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York
May 12, 2009