There is a better way...
I was doing work at someone's house, relator who is technically dumb as rocks but knows how to sell, hence has super-rich everything. Had to use the bathroom, open the door, and lights turn on from within the toilet bowl as the lid automatically raises up! Sit down to a heated seat, and the toilet periodically sprayed new water down into the bowl.
The damn thing even had a remote control you could use while sitting!
As for the item in that kickstarter... hell no. No woman would ever put up with that being there, no male roommate would ever put up with it either. Thus your target audience is forever-single living-alone males who have already resigned to a fate of never even trying for a relationship. Yea... that'll sell well...