BlackBerry's stock is up more than 160% over the past three months, as the company's QNX division positions its automotive software as an OS for robots (Luke Kawa/Sherwood News)

Luke Kawa / Sherwood News: BlackBerry's stock is up than 160% over the past three months, as the company's QNX division positions its automotive software as an OS for robots - History suggests that BlackBerry does extremely well when 1) it's considered to be pioneering a transformative technology, or 2) there's widespread retail enthusiasm for stocks.